Re: doubt - session file size

Chris wrote: > Robert Cummings wrote: >> On Thu, 2006-07-20 at 01:03, suresh kumar wrote: >>> Hi, >>> I am having one doubt,i am using session variable for storing details. >>> but i am afraid if there is around 10000 users,wherether session will >>> be able to store all the datas of 10000 users,as i know abt session >>> is that a temporary file will be created in /tmp directory with >>> session id name,i dont know how much data that the session file will >>> handle. >> >> See your php.ini for setting the path to where you want session files >> stored. I don't believe there's a limit to the size of your session >> files, that said, there IS a limit as to how much memory PHP is allowed >> to consume, and this obviously places an implicit limit on the size of >> the session files. > > There could also be a limit on the number of files you can have per > directory.. maybe there could be a limit to the number of emails the OP is allowed to send without ever replying to anyone who offers a possible answer to his question. :-) > > Maybe it's better to use your own custom session handler and store > everything in a database. >