Re: Session Expiration Problem....
| From: | CF High | Date: | Thu, 04 Dec 2003 20:22:01 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Session Expiration Problem.... | ||
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Hey Lowell.
Hmmmm, no, not a particularly elegeant solution, but it must work for you.
I'm experimenting with >> ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 4320);
Don't know if this will extend the session timeout; i.e. garbage collection
routine, I'm still testing it.....
A total drag that our host limits session timeouts to just 15 minutes!
Must be a workaround for this.......
--Noah
"Lowell Allen" <la@lowellallen.com> wrote in message
news:BBF3B05D.90A4%la@lowellallen.com...
> > Our hosting company sets session vars to expire every 15 minutes.
> >
> > I've setup an Admin Center for users to enter various types of
information,
> > some of which, for example entering a basketball team roster, can take
> > slower users upwards of 25 minutes or more.
> >
> > The result? Admin user spends 25 minutes entering data; clicks the
submit
> > button; then is redirected to the login page because their session
> > expired! -- all form data is lost -- not good....
> >
> > Is there a way to extend the php session timeout for particular pages?
> > Alternatively, is there a way, other than using cookies, to store user
data
> > from page-to-page?
> >
> > Thanks for any leads,
>
> Yeah, I get occasional complaints about this problem -- although I don't
> have to contend with sessions expiring every 15 minutes! I've found that
> it's usually possible to use the browser back button to return to the form
> with all values still in place (Windows 98-IE6 being an exception), then
> open a new window to log in again, then return to the form window to
submit.
> Those instructions can accompany your "not logged in" message. Admittedly
an
> inelegant solution, but it's better than losing the form data.
>
> In my situation, I've considered rewriting the PHP script that's receiving
> the form post so that if the session has expired it will re-display a
> simplified version of the form (without showing protected content) with
the
> posted data, and provide a link to open a login form in a new (small)
> window.
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Lowell Allen