Re: Sessions

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Stut <stuttle@gmail.com> wrote: > On 15 Sep 2008, at 17:14, Thodoris wrote: > >> Thanks I have already started working on that. I suppose that I should run >>>> the garbage collector every now and then to see if the session has expired. >>>> I guess this is the basic difference between the normal sessions and >>>> database oriented. The fact that you need to create a way to check the >>>> sessions that are expiring. >>>> >>> >>> Not at all. The garbage collector is run by the session extension >>> according to rules set out in php.ini. It does it for you. Doesn't matter >>> whether it's OO or not. >>> >>> -Stut >>> >>> You're right I've noticed that every time you run session_start or it's >> done automatically (if you set session.auto_start) then gc is also running. >> In case you have defined a custom function using session_set_save_handler >> then it runs this function instead of the built-in that cleans the database >> of the unneeded expired sessions. >> >> Do I get this right or there is something that I am missing? >> > > Not quite. The rules around when the garbage collector is run are not that > simple, but in most cases you don't need to worry about it. Implement the > handler and you can rest assured that it will be called as often as the > default session GC would be called. You can optionally take the lifetime > parameter it gets passed into account but I personally don't. > > -Stut > > -- > http://stut.net/ > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > Stut, something I noticed you do is run the GC 10% of the time. I am currently running mine with the session.gc_probability = 50. Do you find that 10% is enough? Or was that really just for example? -- -Dan Joseph www.canishosting.com - Plans start @ $1.99/month. "Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for the rest of the day. Light a man on fire, and will be warm for the rest of his life."