[PHP] Sessions Timeout

Hi Guys, I have a problem with a site where I¹m using sessions. Basically, I have it so that someone enters the site and their session (shopping cart ref) is created on entry (unless it already exists) and all variables are stored in the session. Problem is that when someone goes so far in the

Re: [PHP] Sessions Timeout

I would put a timelimit on the session, create a session var called time, or loginTime or something, and compare it to time() with php, give a leyway of an hour or something. This is a standard securty measure to prevent people from leaving the pc with a session running all day, and someone else

Re: [PHP] Sessions Timeout

Problem is that when someone goes so far in the ordering process, and then (for whatever reason) leaves the site, and comes back hours, seconds or whatever later, and goes again to place an order, the details are different (time), and the session stays the same so the order entry is entered

[PHP] sessions timeout

Hi list :-) I'm using sessions to manage users, by using cookies to store the session. My question is, how do I make the session last _forever_? ATM the session lasts 'till the user closes the browser. Thanks -- I/O, I/O, It's off to disk I go, A bit or byte to read or write, I/O, I/O,

Re: [PHP] sessions timeout

Hello André, Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 10:53:35 PM, you wrote: AVL I'm using sessions to manage users, by using cookies to store the AVL session. AVL My question is, how do I make the session last _forever_? AVL ATM the session lasts 'till the user closes the browser. Ok first of all - you cannot

Re: [PHP] sessions timeout

But my question is, since I don't deal with cookies directly (PHP does that for me), 'cause I only have to deal with sessions, how can I change the cookies produced by PHP? atm I only session_start() and use the $_SESSION[''], so I don't really know which cookie to change, or how to do it. TIA

Re[2]: [PHP] sessions timeout

Hello André, Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 11:41:04 PM, you wrote: AVL But my question is, since I don't deal with cookies directly (PHP does AVL that for me), 'cause I only have to deal with sessions, how can I change AVL the cookies produced by PHP? AVL atm I only session_start() and use the

Re: Re[2]: [PHP] sessions timeout

but since the cookie stores the session id, I thought I could keep that ID and bring it back. could you show me some code, or point me to some example? Thanks On Tue, 2004-03-09 at 23:48, Richard Davey wrote: Hello André, Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 11:41:04 PM, you wrote: AVL But my

Re[4]: [PHP] sessions timeout

Hello André, Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 11:53:15 PM, you wrote: AVL but since the cookie stores the session id, I thought I could keep that AVL ID and bring it back. You could, but PHP will automatically clear up expired sessions as part of its garbage collection routine, which means its entirely

Re: Re[4]: [PHP] sessions timeout

I'll try to find another way then. Thanks for the replies On Wed, 2004-03-10 at 00:00, Richard Davey wrote: Hello André, Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 11:53:15 PM, you wrote: AVL but since the cookie stores the session id, I thought I could keep that AVL ID and bring it back. You could,

[PHP] sessions timeout

Hi list :-) I'm using sessions to manage users, by using cookies to store the session. My question is, how do I make the session last _forever_? ATM the session lasts 'till the user closes the browser. Thanks -- I/O, I/O, It's off to disk I go, A bit or byte to read or write, I/O, I/O,

[PHP] sessions timeout

Hi list :-) I'm using sessions to manage users, by using cookies to store the session. My question is, how do I make the session last _forever_? ATM the session lasts 'till the user closes the browser. Thanks -- I/O, I/O, It's off to disk I go, A bit or byte to read or write, I/O, I/O,