#23432 [Opn->Csd]: PHP using mtime instead of atime to clean session files

ID: 23432 Updated by: nlopess@php.net Reported By: polone at townnews dot com -Status: Open +Status: Closed -Bug Type: Session related +Bug Type: Documentation problem Operating System: N/A PHP Version: 4.3.2RC2 New Comment: This bug has been fixed in CVS. Snapshots of the sources are packaged every three hours; this change will be in the next snapshot. You can grab the snapshot at http://snaps.php.net/. Thank you for the report, and for helping us make PHP better. bah.... I've found in cvs logs that mtime is used instead of atime since PHP 4.2.3, because the file is always updated. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-02-09 10:59:47] nlopess@php.net reclassified. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-02-07 05:53:08] nlopess@php.net atime is used to keep track of last access to a file. If PHP can't determine the last access, how will it determine if it's garbage or not?... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-04-30 17:35:03] polone at townnews dot com In the document: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php The documentation says that a file system supporting atime is needed - however, mod_files.c appears to be using mtime. May confuse administrators that mount file systems with noatime. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=23432&edit=1