Mage_Core_Model_Session_Exception in login code magento 1.9

Question

I am working on custom login using below code, before it was working fine now its giving error.

Error:

An uncaught Exception was encountered Type: Mage_Core_Model_Session_Exception Message: (null)

I don't know what caused this error. Please help me to fix this error

Thank you

<?php
function loginUser( $email, $password )
require_once ("app/Mage.php");
umask(0);
ob_start();
session_start();
Mage::app('default');
Mage::getSingleton("core/session", array("name" => "frontend"));

$websiteId = Mage::app()->getWebsite()->getId();
$store = Mage::app()->getStore();
$customer = Mage::getModel("customer/customer");
$customer->website_id = $websiteId;
$customer->setStore($store);
try {
    $customer->loadByEmail($email);
    $session = Mage::getSingleton('customer/session')->setCustomerAsLoggedIn($customer);
    $session->login($email, $password);
}catch(Exception $e){

}


} 
?>

Answer 1

There is a good chance that this issue is related to PHP 7. Could you confirm if any sessions are working on Magento and what PHP version the host server is using?