Session timeout problems

[obhobh]

Hi, I have a page for uploading large files reaching 50MB per file. I am using session as well to keep track of who is uploading files and in the midle of transferring the files, sometimes a blank page appear and seems to me i have lost all my session data.

I have try using ini_set() to set the session.gc_maxlifetime to 28800 seconds which is 8 hours and it don't seems to work. I also try using the .htaccess files and manage to change the session.gc_maxlifetime to 28800 seconds locally and also the session.cache_expire to 480minutes but it doesn't do the work.

Anyone of you have any idea how can i get my upload script to work? Thanks.

[rehfeld]

do your files get uploaded?

php has a max upload size, and so does apache. 50mb is pretty big, and you will prob need to increase the upload file size limits for both php and apache.

[obhobh]

Thanks for your reply. Well, I did set the max upload size to 50+MB and the file failed to upload. I think the session timeout before the file is even transfer to the websever temp directory.

[rehfeld]

did you make sure apache will accept such a large upload?

how long is the upload taking?

[obhobh]

I am not sure how long the upload takes but the longest being 1 hour 25 minutes. The session expired before the upload complete.