What is the significance of the session.auto_start directive in PHP configuration in relation to session_start() errors?

The session.auto_start directive in PHP configuration automatically starts a session when PHP starts, which can lead to conflicts when trying to manually start a session using session_start(). To solve this issue, you can disable the session.auto_start directive in your PHP configuration or ensure that session_start() is called before any output is sent to the browser.

// Disable session.auto_start directive
ini_set('session.auto_start', 0);

// Manually start the session
session_start();

// Your PHP code here