Posted by laredotornado@zipmail.com on 08/20/07 20:46

On Aug 16, 4:11 pm, Rik <luiheidsgoe...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:59:18 +0200, laredotorn...@zipmail.com
>
> <laredotorn...@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

So would I need to add

> - session.gc_maxlifetime 86400
> - session.cookie_lifetime 86400

on every page beneath the "session_start()" command?

- Dave

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