increasing session time

pipesportugal · 10-05-2009, 01:08 PM

Hello dear colleagues from the TalkPHP forum,

Sometime ago the admin of my server has decreased the session time and now when I am using our reserved area the session extinguishes very fast.

Can please someone tell me how from inside my php program can I increase this time ?

Regards and thanks in advance,

afraca · 10-05-2009, 01:27 PM

What do you mean with "from inside my php program" ? If you have direct access to the php config directory you should edit the php.ini file, look for the part with "session.gc_maxlifetime" and set it to how many seconds you want.

However, if I'm right, you're restricted, so you could do it in php with the ini_set function. use this:

PHP Code:


			
<?php

ini_set(session.gc_maxlifetime, 28800);

// Set maxlifetime to 4 hours, overwriting php.ini’s value

?>

(session.gc_maxlifetime should have single quotes, but the forum is converting them...... (new at forum, howto fix that?)

pipesportugal · 10-05-2009, 01:58 PM

Hi,

In fact I do not have access to the php.ini file.

I should use the ini_set instruction just before the session_start(), right ?

Thanks in advance,
pipesportugal

Village Idiot · 10-05-2009, 02:10 PM

Not all hosts will allow you to do this, shared servers aren't meant for any real customization.