Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 07/08/06 03:32

ImOk wrote:
> Weird way of doing it. I guess one can set the probability to 100% to
> do this every time.
> But thanks, I will read about it more in the manual.
>
> Alvaro G. Vicario wrote:
>
>>*** ImOk escribió/wrote (7 Jul 2006 10:45:07 -0700):
>>
>>>I have cookies enabled. I clear the cookies, but when to the session
>>>files eventually get erased?
>>>
>>>Does PHP check the sessions folder everytime for expired sessions and
>>>erase them?
>>
>>Not every time, just randomly.
>>
>>The behaviour is defined by these directives:
>>
>>session.gc_probability
>>session.gc_divisor
>>session.gc_maxlifetime
>>
>>From manual:
>>
>>"session.gc_divisor coupled with session.gc_probability defines the
>>probability that the gc (garbage collection) process is started on every
>>session initialization. The probability is calculated by using
>>gc_probability/gc_divisor, e.g. 1/100 means there is a 1% chance that the
>>GC process starts on each request. session.gc_divisor defaults to 100."
>>
>>
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>
>

Actually, it makes a lot of sense. The heavier the load, the more often
the gc runs.


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