Re: cvs: php4 / php.ini-dist

Hi, Is this merged to php.ini-recommended? -- Yasuo Ohgaki Colin Viebrock wrote: > cmv Mon Oct 7 13:58:27 2002 EDT > > Modified files: > /php4 php.ini-dist > Log: > Document session.save_path option in php.ini > > > > Index: php4/php.ini-dist > diff -u php4/php.ini-dist:1.161 php4/php.ini-dist:1.162 > --- php4/php.ini-dist:1.161 Thu Oct 3 02:52:23 2002 > +++ php4/php.ini-dist Mon Oct 7 13:58:27 2002 > @@ -766,6 +766,15 @@ > ; Argument passed to save_handler. In the case of files, this is the path > ; where data files are stored. Note: Windows users have to change this > ; variable in order to use PHP's session functions. > +; As of PHP 4.2.3, you can define the path as: > +; session.save_path = "N;/path" > +; where N is an integer. Instead of storing all the session files in > +; /path, what this will do is create subdirectories N-levels deep, and > +; store the session data in those directories. This is useful if you > +; or your OS have problems with lots of files in one directory, and is > +; a more efficient layout for servers that handle lots of sessions. > +; (Note: see the section on garbage collection below if you choose to > +; use subdirectories for session storage) > session.save_path = /tmp > > ; Whether to use cookies. > @@ -807,6 +816,14 @@ > ; not. So, see session_set_save_handler() and write your own > ; session handler with a different mechanism for cleaning up sessions. > session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 > + > +; NOTE: If you are using the subdirectory option for storing session files > +; (see session.save_path above), then garbage collection does *not* > +; happen automatically. You will need to do your own garbage > +; collection through a shell script, cron entry, or some other method. > +; For example, the following script would is the equivalent of > +; setting session.gc_maxlifetime to 1440 (1440 seconds = 24 minutes): > +; cd /path/to/sessions; find -cmin +24 | xargs rm > > ; PHP 4.2 and less have an undocumented feature/bug that allows you to > ; to initialize a session variable in the global scope, albeit register_globals > >