Title: PHP WARNING – Failed to read session data:
Last modified: October 23, 2024

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# PHP WARNING – Failed to read session data:

 *  Resolved [TomorrowU.org](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lokmeup/)
 * (@lokmeup)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-failed-to-read-session-data/)
 * I’m getting these PHP errors in my logs. I tried to reinstall the plugin, but
   nothing changed:
 * [23-Oct-2024 16:02:42 UTC] PHP Warning: session_start(): open(/var/cpanel/php/
   sessions/ea-php83/sess_553657498327502242793e777533e48d, O_RDWR) failed: No such
   file or directory (2) in /home4/etexeate/public_html/wp-content/plugins/backwpup/
   src/Infrastructure/Restore/commons.php on line 358
 * 
   [23-Oct-2024 16:02:42 UTC] PHP Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session
   data: files (path: /var/cpanel/php/sessions/ea-php83) in /home4/etexeate/public_html/
   wp-content/plugins/backwpup/src/Infrastructure/Restore/commons.php on line 358
 * Line 358 in the commons.php is as follows:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       session_start(); // phpcs:ignore
       ```
   
 * Any help would be greatly appriciated!
 * Thanks!

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 *  Plugin Support [Saransh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/saranshwpm/)
 * (@saranshwpm)
 * [1 year, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-failed-to-read-session-data/#post-18101706)
 * Hello,
   Thank you for reaching out.This is a known issue happening with the latest
   PHP versions and due to the restore feature recently introduced in the free version.
   We’ve taken this as a feature request, and hopefully, it will be considered for
   future updates to improve the way sessions are handled.For now, you can try workaround
   mentioned by this user: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18095578](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/session-errors-2/#post-18095578)
   Thank you for reporting.Best Regards,

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