Pods form not working with anonymous users

Please share your exact PHP or try the [pods-form fields="x,y,z"] shortcode.

Okey, here is the code.

$fields = [
	'nombre',
	'apellidos',
	'nombre_organizacion',
	'email_de_contacto',
	'telefono',
	'municipio',
	'mensaje',
	'entidad' => array( 'default' => $id, 'type' => 'hidden' ),
];

echo $pods->form( $fields, 'Contactar' );

The form is displayed, and I can submit it when I’m logged in, but it fails with anonymous users (users who are not logged in).

Hi @arturofez

I tried to find this error in our code base but I couldn’t. Did you verify this issue is also happening with only Pods active on a default WordPress theme?

https://docs.pods.io/faqs/plugin-theme-conflicts/

Cheers, Jory

Okay, I finally found the problem.

I tried to disable as many plugins as I could, but the problem persists. Then, I downloaded and installed WordPress locally, and the problem disappeared!

After a lot of debugging, I realized that the function session_save_path() wasn’t always working correctly. It works fine if the function is called in a code snippet, but when it is called from the Pods API php file, it returns false!

So I finally discovered that with my hosting provider, in order for changes in php.ini to take effect in all directories, you need to create a shortcut to php.ini in each directory. So, this would be a solution.

I also tried setting the session.save_path directive in the .htaccess file, but it failed because PHP was running in “CGI mode.”

Therefore, the simplest solution is to set the session save path in the wp_config.php file of WordPress, like this:

@ini_set( 'session.save_path', 'route/to/session/save/path' );

And it works every time! Thank you for the support, we can mark this as resolved.

Ah check! Thanks for sharing!

Cheers, Jory