Re: session experation

The session will die on browser close. What you are asking for is how to use cookies. You can set a cookie and use the information in that to determine user functionality http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php --- Sam Folk-Williams <sfolkwilliams@mn.rr.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I want to extend the length of a session based on > the existance of a > variable beyond the closing of the browser. > Basically, I've got a restricted > intranet where staff have to log-in and I want to > add a "remember me" > option. If they check off the remember me box, then > the session will be set > to expire in one year instead of as soon as the > browser closes. Is there a > way to do this without altering the php.ini file? > (I'm in a shared hosting > env and don't think I can alter that file). > > Or, is there a better way to acheive this result? > > Thanks, > > Sam > > -- > Sam Folk-Williams > Service Team Leader/Webmaster > Rise, Inc -- Creative Partnerships South > (952) 884 8330 (V); (952) 884 8371 (F) > www.rise.org > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com