Sessions, and timeout

Hi all, I have a timeout problem with sessions. I use the PHP session handling (4.0.4pl1). It works, but it times to fast out. I've set: ini_alter("session.gc_maxlifetime", "172800"); and phpinfo() says: session.cache_expire: local=172800, global=180 session.gc_maxlifetime: local=172800, global=1440 It times out really quick, mabye 10-20 minutes. Any hints on why that might be? I used to just use cookies, but I want the url backup system of PHP. Also the setting in phpinfo(): url_rewriter.tags : a=href,area=href,frame=src,form=fakeentry Is it possible to have a variable other that the PHPSESSION variable be appended to the URL automatically. I.e. I want to use cookies, but if cookies are not accepted then I want to use url variables? And I really don't need the session functionality cause I handle that myself.. (timeout etc.) That is just use the feature PHP has to append variables to links and forms. To use it as a cookie backup system, without using PHP sessions.. So I want a variable MyVAR which is appended to urls and forms automatically ( trans-sid is enabled ). If I can do that I also need to know how I can check if cookies are accepted or not, so I can append the variables only if cookies are not accepted. ( Using redhat linux 6.2 with the latest PHP version, 4.0.4pl1 ) Cheers, -- Bård Farstad Systems developer ez.no | developer.ez.no | zez.org