2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/common.php b/lib/common.php
index bb1a4255d..3a5913f85 100644
--- a/lib/common.php
+++ b/lib/common.php
@@ -254,6 +254,8 @@ $config =
         'oohembed' => array('endpoint' => 'http://oohembed.com/oohembed/'),
         'search' =>
         array('type' => 'fulltext'),
+        'sessions' =>
+        array('handle' => false), // whether to handle sessions ourselves
         );
 
 $config['db'] = &PEAR::getStaticProperty('DB_DataObject','options');
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index b3496a09e..2face6777 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ function common_ensure_session()
         $c = $_COOKIE[session_name()];
     }
     if (!common_have_session()) {
+        if (common_config('sessions', 'handle')) {
+            Session::setSaveHandler();
+        }
         @session_start();
         if (!isset($_SESSION['started'])) {
             $_SESSION['started'] = time();