extending the session life beyond 24 minutes..

[the_real_dross]

i did this, but it seems that something happens and the session goes away after 24 mins anyway.. i put my sessions in a different folder more than 2 levels deep just to make sure it wasn't untimely garbage collection, but apparently it wasn't...

any ideas? this is the script:

$exp_time = ($GLOBALS['idlelimit'] * 60);
$ini_time = ini_set("session.gc_maxlifetime", $exp_time);
$idl_time = ini_get("session.gc_maxlifetime");
session_save_path('/home/someplace/deep/');
session_start();

printing idl_time returns the correct number which is much larger than 1440, but still sessions blank out after 24 mins anyway...

any ideas?

[Nick_Whymark]

dross,

Check session.cookie_lifetime, as this also has an affect on the session as the session id is stored in a cookie and if the cookie expires then it is no longer available !

Nick.