Re: php session GC error

"Shawn McKenzie" <nospam@mckenzies.net> wrote in message news:E3.00.25553.8560D694@pb1.pair.com... > 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 So if my ini looks like the following I should be able to get rid of any session data after a preset timelimit? session.save_path = "C:\temp" ; Whether to use cookies. session.use_cookies = 1 ;session.cookie_secure = ; This option enables administrators to make their users invulnerable to ; attacks which involve passing session ids in URLs; defaults to 0. ; session.use_only_cookies = 1 ; Name of the session (used as cookie name). session.name = PHPSESSID ; Initialize session on request startup. session.auto_start = 0 ; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0, until browser is restarted. session.cookie_lifetime = 0 ; The path for which the cookie is valid. session.cookie_path = / ; The domain for which the cookie is valid. session.cookie_domain = ; Whether or not to add the httpOnly flag to the cookie, which makes it inaccessible to browser scripting languages such as JavaScript. session.cookie_httponly = ; Handler used to serialize data. php is the standard serializer of PHP. session.serialize_handler = php ; Define the probability that the 'garbage collection' process is started ; on every session initialization. ; The probability is calculated by using gc_probability/gc_divisor, ; e.g. 1/100 means there is a 1% chance that the GC process starts ; on each request. 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