Fix #4179

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
index 1d01c2923..72b39d12d 100644
--- a/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
+++ b/system/libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ class CI_Session_database_driver extends CI_Session_driver implements SessionHan
 
 			if (($result = $this->_db->get()->row()) === NULL)
 			{
+				// PHP7 will reuse the same SessionHandler object after
+				// ID regeneration, so we need to explicitly set this to
+				// FALSE instead of relying on the default ...
+				$this->_row_exists = FALSE;
 				$this->_fingerprint = md5('');
 				return '';
 			}