Hi. Thank you very much Casey. I followed this suggestion as Zoltán also suggested and it's working nice. Best regards, holo "Casey" <heavyccasey@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:169A6F49-BF41-498A-BAC0-32E4E95BC8BE@xxxxxxxxxxxx > You could set $_SESSION['lasttime'] to time() and check it on every page. > > > > On Oct 17, 2007, at 3:58 AM, "Holografix" <holografix@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> I have some questions about sessions timeout and sessions ini settings. >> >> In php.ini I have session.gc_maxlifetime = 30 (for testing purpose only) >> , >> session.gc_probability = 1 and session.gc_divisor = 100 (didn't touch >> this >> values) >> >> I have two simple pages >> >> >> page1.php >> --------- >> session_start(); >> $_SESSION["test"] = "TEST"; >> <a href="page2.php">test timeout</a> >> >> >> page2.php >> ========= >> session_start(); >> if (!isset($_SESSION["test"]) ) { >> echo "no session"; die(); >> } >> print_r($_SESSION); >> >> >> I open page1.php in the browser and only click in the link after waiting >> more than 30 seconds (session.gc_maxlifetime). >> After this period what should happen with $_SESSION["test"] in >> page2.php? >> >> In php, session.gc_maxlifetime: ; After this number of seconds, stored >> data >> will be seen as 'garbage' and >> ; cleaned up by the garbage collection process. >> >> I need to understand this and get a way to automaticly logout a user >> after n >> minutes of inactivity. >> >> My environment: >> Windows XP PRO SP2, apache 2.2.4, php 5.2.4 (apache module), mysql >> 5.4.5 >> >> >> Best regards >> holo >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
