Are Session Expirations possible in PHP?

[jessjenn]

I'm wondering if this is possible. I was suggested to do the following to expire a session:

session_cache_expire(5); // expires in 5 minutes
session_start();

The problem is that the session does not expire. I use that for a login script and I'm still able to browse after more than a day goes by and even if the browser is closed. Is there a way to do this without changing a configuration file? I've searched other posts and the manual without luck.

Do other web apps that use login scripts rely on setcookie or sessions? Any help is appreciated. Thanks!

[trininox]

I dont know for sure because i'm inexperience but from my own work the session last as long as the window is open or they logout and its killed.

perhaps you want to look into cookies instead.