session timeout

[PallaviDalvi]

how can i set a sessions time out? can i programatically end a session, before the timeout occurs,say based on the completion/non-completion of a condition?

[chads2k2]

<?php
session_start();
$condition = 1;

if($condition == 1)
{
    // Unset all of the session variables.
    session_unset();
   // Finally, destroy the session.
    session_destroy();
}else{
    echo "Session is not destoryed!";
}
?>

Check out the manual : http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-destroy.php

Hope that's what your looking for. If you are going to "timeout" the session just destroy it. Lata,

Chad

[PallaviDalvi]

Thanx! That solved my prob. Moreover is it possible to set the session timeout or i have to write code to find out how long the session has been idle and then accordingly time it out?