Sessions - Not Working

You are wrong about loading the session as a driver.
Just like before, it must be loaded as a library:

PHP Code:

$this->load->library('session'); 


Check the documentation for that.

The tricky part is configuring the session settings.
I didn't get it working with $config['sess_driver'] = 'files';
Therefore, I switched to $config['sess_driver'] = 'database';  and I added a ci_sessions table to my database.
No problems with sessions since then.

I'm trying to use sessions in database on v 3.01 and it is not working. I am getting the error

A Database Error Occurred
Error Number: 1064
You have an error in your SQL syntax; check the manual that corresponds to your MariaDB server version for the right syntax to use near 'WHERE `id` = '79a66a6e1e7cb4dcb58794a078629cc5532f2e6b'' at line 2
SELECT `data` WHERE `id` = '79a66a6e1e7cb4dcb58794a078629cc5532f2e6b'
Filename: libraries/Session/drivers/Session_database_driver.php
Line Number: 160

I am using mysqli