[FX.php List] Extending Session Expiration

[Gary Sprung]

Jonathan,
How does that stop the server's garbage collection, which deletes  
session files, starting at 24 minutes (the PHP default) of session  
inactivity? It looks like you are just creating your own session  
variables, so I don't see it affecting the system's deletion of  
sessions. Seems like what you're doing is looking for session  
expiration and starting a new session. Wouldn't that lose any pre- 
defined session variables? If the session is expired, then isn't the  
value of  $_SESSION['sess_exp_time']  actually NULL? That would mean  
your test upon reload is if(time() > 0), which would be true.

GS


On Jan 23, 2007, at 7:07 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Hi Gary,
>
> I've never messed with the system settings.  I just set the session  
> as follows once the user logs in.  This codes only gets executed once.
>
> $_SESSION['sess_start_time']= time();
> $_SESSION['sess_exp_time']=time() + 3600;
>
> Then, whenever a user advances to a new page in session, I test for  
> expired session:
>
> if(time() >= $_SESSION['sess_exp_time'] ){
>         Do this; //exit or some other action.
> }
>
> Works for me.
>
> Jonathan
>

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