PHP 4.0 Bug #3793 Updated: session.gc_maxlifetime does not work

ID: 3793 Updated by: sniper Reported By: kori_mail@hotmail.com Status: Open Bug Type: *Session related Assigned To: Comments: Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-18 06:35:07] sniper@php.net Please try php4.0.2 or preferrably latest CVS or snapshot. --Jani --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-09-12 21:58:56] kori_mail@hotmail.com To Jani: OK, there are my sample scripts :-) ----- index.php ---- <?php session_name("uid"); session_start(); session_register("param1"); $param1 = "registered"; $t = "Value of param1 is <b>" . $param1 . "</b></br>"; $t .= "Session ID is: <b>" . session_id() . "</b><br><br>"; $t .= "SID is: <b>" . SID . "</b><br><br>"; $t .= "<a href="test.php?" . SID . "">Click here</a>"; print($t); ?> ------ test.php ----- <?php session_name("uid"); session_start(); $t = "Value of param1 is <b>" . $param1 . "</b></br>"; $t .= "Session ID is: <b>" . session_id() . "</b><br><br>"; $t .= "SID is: <b>" . SID . "</b><br><br>"; $t .= "<a href="test.php?" . SID . "">Click here after 60 seconds</a><br>"; $t .= "<a href="destroy.php?" . SID . "">Click here to destroy session</a>"; print($t); ?> ------ destroy.php ------ <?php session_name("uid"); session_start(); session_destroy(); $t = "Value of param1 is <b>" . $param1 . "</b></br>"; $t .= "Session ID is: <b>" . session_id() . "</b><br><br>"; $t .= "SID is: <b>" . SID . "</b><br><br>"; $t .= "<a href="test.php?" . SID . "">Click here</a><br>"; print($t); ?> ----- PHP.INI (session section) ----- [Session] session.save_handler = files ; handler used to store/retrieve data session.save_path = C:/WINNT/Temp ; argument passed to save_handler ; in the case of files, this is the ; path where data files are stored session.use_cookies = 0 ; whether to use cookies session.name = PHPSESSID ; name of the session ; is used as cookie name session.auto_start = 0 ; initialize session on request startup session.cookie_lifetime = 0 ; lifetime in seconds of cookie ; or if 0, until browser is restarted session.cookie_path = / ; the path the cookie is valid for session.cookie_domain = ; the domain the cookie is valid for session.serialize_handler = php ; handler used to serialize data ; php is the standard serializer of PHP session.gc_probability = 1 ; percentual probability that the ; 'garbage collection' process is started ; on every session initialization session.gc_maxlifetime = 60 ; after this number of seconds, stored ; data will be seen as 'garbage' and ; cleaned up by the gc process session.referer_check = ; check HTTP Referer to invalidate ; externally stored URLs containing ids session.entropy_length = 0 ; how many bytes to read from the file session.entropy_file = ; specified here to create the session id ; session.entropy_length = 16 ; session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom session.cache_limiter = nocache ; set to {nocache,private,public} to ; determine HTTP caching aspects session.cache_expire = 180 ; document expires after n minutes ----------------------------- Other options in PHP.INI are default. Please, try also set "session.gc_probability = 100" in PHP.INI and run these scripts from two browser windows (it simulates 2 connected users) and you will see how second user with other UID ovewrites session od the first user. PHP: 4.0.1pl2 Tested OS: W2K PRO & SERVER WWW: Apache 1.3.12 & IIS 5.0 Jiri Kori --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-28 14:04:15] sniper@php.net Please attach your test scripts into this report directly. (We are so lazy that we don't want to go and download something from some url and then unzip it and then attach it here by ourselves..=) And by attaching those scripts here, they will be available all time even if your site is down or you decide to delete that zip-file. --Jani --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-08 18:18:13] kori_mail@hotmail.com Please, download and try my sample scipts from http://www.webace.cz/session.zip There is my PHP.INI for testing use also... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2000-08-08 17:19:05] kori_mail@hotmail.com I use FAT32. I will try NTSF tomorow... --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online. Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=3793