# PHP Notic SessionHandler

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [July 14, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764 "2022-07-14T10:56:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2022, 10:56am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764/1 "2022-07-14T10:56:45Z")

</div>

I am seeing this notice a lot and have changed all my permissions, anyone know what this is.

On this particular instance I am getting a timeout on the dashboard - which is super light as I am not showing anything there.

```auto
[2022-07-14 10:05:54] mautic.NOTICE: PHP Notice - SessionHandler::gc(): ps_files_cleanup_dir: opendir(/var/lib/php/sessions) failed: Permission denied (13) - in file /var/www/mautic/vendor/symfony/http-foundation/Session/Storage/Handler/StrictSessionHandler.php - at line 106 {"maxlifetime":1440} {"hostname":"mautic","pid":1433144}

```

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![peceunicis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/peceunicis/32/13330_2.png) [@peceunicis](https://forum.mautic.org/u/peceunicis)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764/2 "2023-03-14T14:21:47Z")

</div>

hi, I’m having the same issue, any solution?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![carlosatfongo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/carlosatfongo/32/10223_2.png) [@carlosatfongo](https://forum.mautic.org/u/carlosatfongo)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764/3 "2023-08-17T14:07:27Z")

</div>

Hi, did you ever figure this out?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mikew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mikew/32/5156_2.png) [@mikew](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mikew)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 3:34pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764/4 "2023-08-17T15:34:04Z")

</div>

Yes, all I did in the end was chmod 777 /var/lib/php/sessions

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![mzagmajster](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mzagmajster/32/687_2.png) [@mzagmajster](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mzagmajster)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/php-notic-sessionhandler/24764/5 "2023-08-17T17:45:44Z")

</div>

This is really bad solution, there should be a better way to handle this.

Can you try if permissions 775 are sufficient for start?