Posted by Rik on 08/16/07 21:11

On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:59:18 +0200, laredotornado@zipmail.com
<laredotornado@zipmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> When a user logs into our site, we create a session variable to denote
> the session is active and another to denote who is logged in. Once
> the user closes the browser and re-opens it, the session is destroyed
> and the variables are gone.
>
> How can I keep the session alive for 24 hours even if the user closes
> and re-opens the browser?

<http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php>:
Set:
- session.gc_maxlifetime 86400
- session.cookie_lifetime 86400

A note from the manual:
"Note: If different scripts have different values of
session.gc_maxlifetime but share the same place for storing the session
data then the script with the minimum value will be cleaning the data. In
this case, use this directive together with session.save_path."

.... which is the case for many shared hosts.

--
Rik Wasmus

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