There is no problem at all, and of course I can change it. This is more out of curiosity :) On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 9:16 PM, Alain Williams <addw@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 09:08:49PM +0100, Markus Amalthea Magnuson wrote: > > Thanks for the reply Aziz, > > > > I'm wondering about the decision itself, it seems like a rather strange > > value, almost like the intention was 24 hours which there is some logic > to. > > > > What do you think? How could I find more info on this? I emailed the > person > > who made the commit to the PHP source code ago setting this default, but > > that was a long time ago and I still have not received any reply. > > It is a default ... the idea is to detect if someone has decided to go to > another web site, gone to lunch, ... You can argue forever if it is the > right > number - I don't think that it is badly wrong - but if you don't like it > just > change it. > > What is the problem ? > > > Kind regards, > > > > Markus > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 8:57 PM, Aziz Saleh <azizsaleh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 2:47 PM, Markus Amalthea Magnuson < > > > markus.magnuson@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >> Hey all, > > >> > > >> Does anyone know why the default value of session.gc_maxlifetime is > > >> 1440 seconds > > >> (24 minutes)? > > >> > > >> Best regards, > > >> > > >> Markus > > >> > > > > > > I would think its a design choice by the maker. You should read this to > > > see how probability/divisor are accounted for as well: > > > > > > http://stackoverflow.com/a/1270960/1935500 > > > > > -- > Alain Williams > Linux/GNU Consultant - Mail systems, Web sites, Networking, Programmer, IT > Lecturer. > +44 (0) 787 668 0256 http://www.phcomp.co.uk/ > Parliament Hill Computers Ltd. Registration Information: > http://www.phcomp.co.uk/contact.php > #include <std_disclaimer.h> > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >