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Posted by "Gustav Wiberg" on 09/13/05 23:13
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Lynch" <ceo@l-i-e.com>
To: "Gustav Wiberg" <gustav@varupiraten.se>
Cc: "PHP General" <php-general@lists.php.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 9:26 PM
Subject: Re: [PHP] ini_set()
> On Tue, September 13, 2005 2:11 pm, Gustav Wiberg wrote:
>> Hi there!
>>
>> I don't get it...
>>
>>
>> From the manual...
>>
>> string ini_set ( string varname, string newvalue )
>>
>> Sets the value of the given configuration option. Returns the old
>> value on
>> success, FALSE on failure. The configuration option will keep this new
>> value
>> during the script's execution, and will be restored at the script's
>> ending.
>>
>> Does this mean that:
>>
>> File phpcode1.php handles cookies and has the code
>> ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',2147483647); ini it.
>> File phpcode2.php has nothing to do with cookies
>>
>> When user goes TO phpcode2.php FROM phpcode1.php,
>> session.cookie_lifetime
>> would be zero and ended when browser is closed...?
>
> No.
>
> It means that *IF* you do that ini_set() before you do session_start()
> *THEN* the Cookie sent out in phpcode1.php will have a theortical
> lifetime of about 33 years.
>
> phpcode2.php would be affected only if it did session_start(), and the
> effect would be that the cookie would be theoretically available (and
> the session tied to it) for 33 years.
>
> I say THEORETICAL above because browsers are allowed to discard cookie
> life-times longer than 2 years (??? check specs ???) on the assumption
> that 33 year life-time cookies are just plain stupid mistakes on
> somebody's part.
>
> YMMV
> NAIAA
> IANAL
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Thanx a lot! I think it is clearer now... :-)
What happens if ini_set AFTER session_start(). Doesn't it affect anything
then?
/G
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