Knowledge Base

Session file folder in Plesk PHP is not auto cleaned

Symptoms

PHP session files in folder /var/lib/php/session/are not removed automatically.

Cause

Session file folder was changed from default /var/lib/php/session/:

# grep -ir session.save_path /opt/plesk/php/*/etc/php.ini | grep -v ";"
/opt/plesk/php/7.4/etc/php.ini:session.save_path = "/var/lib/php74/session"

Resolution

Apply one of the following solutions:

Change the current PHP session folder to default one in Plesk UI

Log into Plesk)
Open Tools & Settings > PHP Settings and select the PHP handler with changed session.save_path value
Click on php.ini tab
Find session.save_path parameter and set it to /var/lib/php/session

Create scheduled tasks for different PHP session directories

Access the server via SSH
Copy original task:

# cp /etc/cron.hourly/plesk-php-cleanuper /etc/cron.hourly/php74-cleaner
Edit the file php74-cleaner and change the last line to the following:

[ -x /usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/maxlifetime ] && [ -d /var/lib/php/session ] && /usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/php_session_cleaner /var/lib/php74/session $(/usr/lib64/plesk-9.0/maxlifetime)