Question

I am trying to integrate SWFUpload into Joomla (customized implementation, and this is why cannot use extensions with swfupload).

I am passing through SWFUpload the ID if SESSION and on server side I need to get all data of $_SESSION for the passed ID.

This is the code I have (direct script access):
based on this tutorial

if (isset($_POST["PHPSESSID"])) {
    session_write_close();             // End the previously-started session
    session_id($_POST["PHPSESSID"]);   // Set the new session ID
    session_start();                   // Start it
}

and here is the error I get in SWFUpload debug window:

Fatal error: session_start(): Failed to initialize storage module: user (path: /var/lib/php5) in /srv/www/htdocs_appsrv/.../incoming.php on line 19

Line 19 is

session_start();

How can I restart a session having session ID and then grab all needed data from $_SESSION?

Answer 1

Ok, the code below seems to work

if (isset($_POST["PHPSESSID"])) {
    session_write_close();             // End the previously-started session
    $jd = new JSessionStorageDatabase();
    session_id($_POST["PHPSESSID"]);   // Set the new session ID
    session_start();                   // Start it
}

I found that based on this tutorial