#45871 [NEW]: session.gc_max_lifetime max value?

From: brett at pineconehill dot com Operating system: Debian Etch/Lenny (2 machines) PHP version: 5.2.6 PHP Bug Type: Session related Bug description: session.gc_max_lifetime max value? Description: ------------ While debugging session time out issues, I set the "session.gc_maxlifetime' option in php.ini to 15778463 (6 months) In doing so, after restarting the server, of course, I was not able to log on to my test site at all. This was the only setting that was changed. I lowered the value until I reached a range that would allow logins again. Lowering the value to 2400000 allowed a log in to occur. It seems that somewhere around the 2500000 range is when it stopped permitting logins. Logins are authenticated via a MySQL database. It appears as if an unsigned value is accidentally being treated as a signed one. Reproduce code: --------------- session.gc_maxlifetime = 15778463 Expected result: ---------------- Logins would be allowed, and sessions would not expire within 6 months, as part of session troubleshooting. -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=45871&edit=1 -- Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=trysnapshot52 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=trysnapshot53 Try a CVS snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in CVS: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=fixedcvs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=45871&r=mysqlcfg