#49335 [Opn->Csd]: Description of session.gc_max_lifetime is incorrect and misleading

ID: 49335 Updated by: vrana@php.net Reported By: tom at punkave dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: All PHP Version: 5.2.10 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in the documentation's XML sources. Since the online and downloadable versions of the documentation need some time to get updated, we would like to ask you to be a bit patient. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make our documentation better. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2009-08-23 14:00:14] tom at punkave dot com 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 this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=49335&edit=1