PHP session_start fails - Permission issue
// Warning: session_start() [function.session-start]: open(\xampp\tmp\.....
// Solution: This means that you don't have the correct permissions to either read or write the files in the temp directory.
// Reference: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/670595/php-session-start-fails
// If you on linux then do this
sudo chmod -R 755 \xampp\tmp //or should it be 775
// On windows do this as an administrator
attrib -r -a C:\xampp\tmp /S