session cache versus gc

[noeledoran]

I would like to have people log in again if they have been inactive for a period of time. How do I set that time? Does Session.cache_expire() represent that time or is it the session.gc.maxlifetime() or is it something else?

I have read the manual and done several searches, but am still confused on exactly what those two session configurations mean.

Also do I need to set the configuration on every new page prior to using the session_start()?

Thanks

[Xoid]

you could possibly set both;

session.cookie_lifetime=<number of seconds>
session.cache.expire=<number of seconds>

so if you wanted your sessions to last 60 minutes

you could use something like this;

session_cookies.lifetime= 3600

Hope this helps!