Fixing session_regenerate_id(): Failed to create(read) session ID error

I spent a bit of time tracking down a session-related error that was occurring after upgrading PHP from version 5 to version 7:

PHP Catchable fatal error: session_regenerate_id(): Failed to create(read) session ID: user (path: /var/lib/php/session) in /vagrant/library/Zend/Session.php on line 322

Although this particular error was coming from Zend Framework, there’s a more general solution that is framework-agnostic:

If you are setting a custom session handler, make sure the read callback returns a string. Returning null or false will cause the above error.

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php

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