[PHP] session lifetime

[Pablo Oliva]

session.gc_maxlifetime specifies the number of seconds after which data
will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up
 
Let's say it's set to 900.  How is this counted, from the time of the
session is initialized, or is this counter reset every time you go to a
new page.  Does this makes sense?

RE: [PHP] session lifetime

[John W. Holmes]

 session.gc_maxlifetime specifies the number of seconds after which
data
 will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up
 
 Let's say it's set to 900.  How is this counted, from the time of the
 session is initialized, or is this counter reset every time you go to
a
 new page.  Does this makes sense?

It would only make sense if the time was reset each time the file is
accessed. So, if the session file hasn't been accessed for over 900
seconds, then it'll be cleaned up. Otherwise, you'd lose a perfectly
fine session after 900 seconds even if you're still active. 

---John Holmes...



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[PHP] session lifetime

[lagi]

Hi All,

I would like too keep a session going from between 1 to 3 days user
selectable via my authentication system.
If i change the php.ini then the session will not be changeable how can I do
it without changing the lifetime variable?

Regards Lagi


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