RE: [PHP] session life

> On Sat, 2002-12-21 at 08:03, John W. Holmes wrote: > > > I'm setting a session with > > > session_set_cookie_params (time()+6480000); > > > so the cookie should last 70 days+ but the data wasn't > > > returned. > > > > > > from looking in the manual i see that session_cache_expire is used to > > set > > > or print the current value of the expire. Its set in php.ini by > > default to > > > 180 minutes. > > > > > > So it seems that the garbage collector will clean up the session file > > > after 180 mins or 10800 seconds which is less then i was expecting > > after > > > setting the cookie life. > > > > > > do i need to set > > > > > > session_set_cookie_params (time()+6480000); > > > session_cache_expire (6480000); > > > > > > for the data to still be available if the user returns during the > > cookies > > > life and is this on a per session basis. > > > > Well, first of all, session cookies are deleted when the user closes > > their browser. So unless the user is leaving the browser open for 70 > > days, this setting won't matter. > > This is incorrect, by default session cookies have a lifetime of 0 which > means they are peresistent until the browser is closed. If you set the > ini directive session.cookie_lifetime to something other than 0, for > example 86400 then the session will for the number of seconds specified, > in this case 1 day, even after the browser has been closed. Okay, I should have known that, but thanks for pointing it out. So for the original question, you would want to increase the session.gc_maxlifetime to match the session.cookie_lifetime, right? Otherwise the cookie will persist but the data within the session will be erased. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/