title: Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: C:\xampp\tmp) in
body: <p>Im using joomla 3.8.5</p>
  
  <p>it worked fine but I had to reinstall xampp and now it's giving this.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>native.php</strong></p>
  
  <pre><code>        if (!session_start())
          {
              throw new RuntimeException('Failed to start the session');
          }
  
          // Mark ourselves as started
          $this-&gt;started = true;
      }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><strong>error</strong></p>
  
  <blockquote>
  <pre><code>Warning: session_start(): Failed to read session data: user (path: C:\xampp\tmp) in
  </code></pre>
    
    <p>C:\xampp\htdocs\recepcao\libraries\joomla\session\handler\native.php
    on line 260
        Error: Failed to start application: Failed to start the session</p>
  </blockquote>