Session timeout

[siri_suresh]

How can i implement session timeout in php? I am using Apache web server on Windows as well as Solaries. Pl help me in this regard.

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Sessions timeout automatically.
I guess you want to run some script when a session times out?

[mikefn]

Guys,

what do you need to do to avoid session timeout? Do you need to set up something on httpd.conf? or do you need to write little codes that keeps the session update by itself? Thx.

Mike

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To avoid a timeout you can increase the timeout period.

You can set the session lifetime in php.ini and runtime using special functions:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php

Note: make sure have a reasonable timeout period set. If you have a busy server and the timeout is 'too long' you will get a huge number of session files on your server, whcih could affect performance.