[pmwiki-users] Install, blank page, session_name() error

[info at hassanein.ch]

Quoting "Patrick R. Michaud" <pmichaud at pobox.com>:

> On Sat, Feb 10, 2007 at 11:44:44AM +0100, info at hassanein.ch wrote:
>> Quoting info at hassanein.ch:
>> > After the installation I get a blank page. I traced it down to the
>> > following line in pmwiki.php in function SessionAuth (The code after
>> > this line will not be executed):
>> > "if (!auht && ($called>1 || !@$_REQUEST[session_name()])) return;"
>>
>> Well, I think, the package php session is not installed - I will check
>> that first with the SysAdmin.
>
> This is the second time this week that someone has run into this
> problem, so perhaps I'll add some checking for session support into
> the base code, so it at least provides an error message of some sort.
Well, I think it is enough to mention the necessary php packages  
beside the base in the pre-requisite list.
Do you know the exact package list, so I check all of them with the sysadmin.
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Thanks for your help.
Kind regards,
Mike