DOC Document how FileSessionHandler interacts with open_basedir
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GuySartorelli
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| It's best practice to avoid using deprecated code where possible, but sometimes it's unavoidable. This API will all continue to be available at least until the next major release. | ||
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| - The [`Session.session_store_path`](api:SilverStripe\Control\Session->session_store_path) configuration property has been deprecated. Use `session.save_path` in ini configuration instead. | ||
| - The [`Session.session_store_path`](api:SilverStripe\Control\Session->session_store_path) configuration property has been deprecated. Use [`session.save_path`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.save-path) in ini configuration instead. |
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| When using the `FileSessionHandler` save handler the [`open_basedir`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.open-basedir) PHP configuration option can cause problems. If that option has a value set, the location where session files are saved (defined by [`session.save_path`](https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.save-path)) must be within a directory declared in `open_basedir`. Otherwise session functionality won't work. | ||
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| Note that including the sessions diretory in `open_basedir` will allow any PHP code to interact with files in that location. If you don't want that to be the case, you can do one of the following: |
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| Note that including the sessions diretory in `open_basedir` will allow any PHP code to interact with files in that location. If you don't want that to be the case, you can do one of the following: | |
| Note that including the sessions directory in `open_basedir` will allow any PHP code to interact with files in that location. If you don't want that to be the case, you can do one of the following: |
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FileSessionHandlerinteracts withopen_basedir#865