#49335 [NEW]: Description of session.gc_max_lifetime is incorrect and misleading

From: tom at punkave dot com Operating system: All PHP version: 5.2.10 PHP Bug Type: Documentation problem Bug description: Description of session.gc_max_lifetime is incorrect and misleading Description: ------------ The description of session.gc_max_lifetime (as well as its name) imply that it is the maximum lifetime of a session. In actuality it is just the session timeout. This problem exists in both php.ini-dist/php.ini- production and in the online reference manual. I considered sending a diff but it's not clear to me where to send it. * * * The current text: ; After this number of seconds, stored data will be seen as 'garbage' and ; cleaned up by the garbage collection process. session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 Suggested replacement: ; Session idle timeout. If a session is idle for this number ; of seconds, and PHP's default session handling is in use, ; the session data will potentially be cleaned up by the ; garbage collection process. Note that custom session ; handlers can override this (see session_set_save_handler ). ; The default timeout is 1440 seconds (24 minutes). session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49335&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=49335&r=mysqlcfg