Warning: ini_set(): A session is active. You cannot change the session module's ini settings at this time

[zorn-v]

Here

elFinder/php/elFinderSession.php

Line 65 in b3a6555

ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0);

[nao-pon]

@zorn-v This is a measure for the problem of duplicate cookie being transmitted, but since that problem exists only in apache2 SAPI, it needs to be processed only for that environment. I will fix this.

Thanks! 👍

[zorn-v]

that problem exists only in apache2 SAPI

Nope, I get that error in php built in server

[nao-pon]

@zorn-v I'm sorry to be confused. What I would like to say is that "ini_set ('session.use_cookies', 0);' is required only for apache2 SAPI.

[MrAwanishKumar]

Hi,
I am also getting the same error, running nginx web server.

PHP Warning 'yii\base\ErrorException' with message 'ini_set(): A session is active. You cannot change the session module's ini settings at this time' 

[nao-pon]

@zorn-v , @MrAwanishKumar I fixed it. Please try nightly build.

Thanks! 👍

[MrAwanishKumar]

@nao-pon it's working now.

Thanks

[lianee]

PHP 7.3, Apache 2.4.38, elFinder 2.1.53 display this warning.
Perhaps you could check there is no active session before setting it to false, something like that:
if (session_status()!=PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0);

[nao-pon]

@lianee I made this fix. In various environments, setting with ini_set () may be possible even after the session starts, so the modification has been made in consideration of such environments.

Thanks! 👍

[lianee]

Thanks, unfortunately, this doesn't fix the issue when a session is active in this environment (classic debian LAMP) and session.use_cookies is true (the default, and the desired state for me).

Well, that's no big case since it's just a warning, but I like to have error reporting, and it bothers me to have this one every action in elFinder.

Do you think just ignoring this warning would cause problems?, as in:
if (@ini_set('session.use_cookies', 0) === false) {