Another possibility for this warning (and, most likely, problems with app behavior) is that the original author of the app relied on session.auto_start
being on (defaults to off)
If you don't want to mess with the code and just need it to work, you can always change php configuration and restart php-fpm (if this is a web app):
/etc/php.d/my-new-file.ini :
session.auto_start = 1
(This is correct for CentOS 8, adjust for your OS/packaging)