Re: Why does session.gc_maxlifetime default to 1440 seconds?

There is no specific logic for any use case I'm encountering. My observation is simply that the number 24 in a time context only occurs for the number of hours per day. On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:30 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > On 28/01/15 20:08, Markus Amalthea Magnuson wrote: > > I'm wondering about the decision itself, it seems like a rather strange > > value, almost like the intention was 24 hours which there is some logic > to. > > Leave an inactive session open for 24 hours? What is your logic for that? > > I have a system where people log in and deal with client interviews. > Running for an hour without doing anything on the caller system is not > unusual, so we opt for 2 hours. More often than not a time-out is due to > someone forgetting to log out rather than them still interviewing and > since the offices tend to be closed by 8PM everything is cleared down > before midnight. But that is a special case, and 24 minutes is just as > good as any other limit for a shorter time-out. An hour would only be > appropriate if the user work flow needs it. > > -- > Lester Caine - G8HFL > ----------------------------- > Contact - http://lsces.co.uk/wiki/?page=contact > L.S.Caine Electronic Services - http://lsces.co.uk > EnquirySolve - http://enquirysolve.com/ > Model Engineers Digital Workshop - http://medw.co.uk > Rainbow Digital Media - http://rainbowdigitalmedia.co.uk > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >