diff -urNp /tmp/drupal-4.7.4/includes/database.mysqli.inc includes/database.mysqli.inc
--- /tmp/drupal-4.7.4/includes/database.mysqli.inc	2006-09-26 07:14:33.000000000 -0700
+++ includes/database.mysqli.inc	2006-11-13 15:14:18.000000000 -0800
@@ -76,16 +76,6 @@ function db_connect($url) {
   /* Force UTF-8 */
   mysqli_query($connection, 'SET NAMES "utf8"');
 
-  /**
-   * from: http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=33772
-   * Write and Close handlers are called after destructing objects since PHP
-   * 5.0.5. Thus destructors can use sessions but session handler can't use
-   * objects. In prior versions, they were called in the opposite order. It
-   * is possible to call session_write_close() from the destructor to solve
-   * this chicken and egg problem.
-   */
-  register_shutdown_function('session_write_close');
-
   return $connection;
 }
 
diff -urNp /tmp/drupal-4.7.4/includes/session.inc includes/session.inc
--- /tmp/drupal-4.7.4/includes/session.inc	2006-04-11 04:33:14.000000000 -0700
+++ includes/session.inc	2006-11-13 15:01:04.000000000 -0800
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ function sess_close() {
 function sess_read($key) {
   global $user;
 
+  // Write and Close handlers are called after destructing objects since PHP 5.0.5
+  // Thus destructors can use sessions but session handler can't use objects.
+  // So we are moving session closure before destructing objects.
+  register_shutdown_function('session_write_close');
+
   // retrieve data for a $user object
   $result = db_query("SELECT sid FROM {sessions} WHERE sid = '%s'", $key);
   if (!db_num_rows($result)) {