RE: [PHP] session timeouts

my favorite way "to session" people is by sticking an MD5 hash string to every browser (except the once having it already) as a cookie valid for the next 32 years or so. Then I log their actions in a database. This way I can practically do any kind of checks as long as user accepts cookies, otherwise I would issue them a static GET variable sticking to every URL. So, answering your question: - YES. If you would be sessioning users in the same way as I do, you would be able to log them in a db with a time stamp and check against it on every request - "your own clock is the best clock". Besides that, you can also keep setting cookies for a limited amount of time and then check if the variable exists or not (expired and thus not sent) - a silly traditional method, but works. Sessions also have their own customizable lifetime. Which works in the exactly same way as cookies do. read on php.net/sessions Cheers, Maxim Maletsky www.PHPBeginner.com -----Original Message----- From: Nigel_Soon@advanis.ca [mailto:Nigel_Soon@advanis.ca] Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 8:53 AM To: php-general@lists.php.net Subject: [PHP] session timeouts Hi, I'm writing a web survey in php and trying to set session timeouts. I have a main script that starts the session and displays the pages. Is there a way I can make the session timeout if they idle for too long? Thanks, Nigel -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net