Re: php session GC error

Frank Stanovcak wrote: > "Nathan Rixham" <nrixham@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:496D03D3.2060607@gmail.com... >> Frank Stanovcak wrote: >>> "Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message >>> news:F8.EF.24097.E510D694@pb1.pair.com... >>>> Frank Stanovcak wrote: >>>>> I'm trying to make sure that my sessions are timed out by my server. >>>>> I'm running it on winxp, and my php.ini contains the following >>>>> >>>>> session.gc_probability = 1 >>>>> session.gc_divisor = 1 >>>>> >>>>> ; After this number of seconds, stored data will be seen as 'garbage' >>>>> >>>>> and >>>>> ; cleaned up by the garbage collection process. >>>>> session.gc_maxlifetime = 30 >>>>> >>>>> I am now getting this error >>>>> >>>>> PHP Notice: session_start() [function.session-start]: >>>>> ps_files_cleanup_dir: >>>>> opendir(C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\) failed: No such file or directory (2) in >>>>> C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\Envelope1\edit\EditMain.php on line 2 >>>>> >>>>> What do I have to do to make this work right? >>>>> >>>>> Frank >>>>> >>>>> >>>> Does C:\WINDOWS\TEMP\ exist? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thanks! >>>> -Shawn >>>> http://www.spidean.com >>> Yes it does, well C:\Windows\Temp does, but win isn't case >>> sensitive...does it matter to PHP? >> try changing it to the correct case then come back and tell us if case >> matters? :) > ok...let me try it like this. > > how do I explicitly tell PHP in the ini what directory to use for session > storage and cleanup. I've been googling for about an hour now, and am just > getting more frustrated. :( > > The server is a single purpose server, and it will remain that way, so I > don't want to have to code ini settings into each page. :) > > Frank > > Should be session.save_path, but check phpinfo() to see what it's using. Should be the path in the error. -- Thanks! -Shawn http://www.spidean.com