set session timeout in code

[jim]

Can I set the session timeout in my code? I don't have access to php.ini
because the site is on a shared server.

[Andy Hassall]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:09:18 -0600, "jim" <in**@info.com> wrote:

Can I set the session timeout in my code? I don't have access to php.ini
because the site is on a shared server.

You don't need access to php.ini: http://uk.php.net/session notes that all the
session configuration variables are PHP_INI_ALL changeable, and links to
ini_set(), the function you can use to change them.

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[bob garbados]

Thanks for your reply. I'm brand new to php and I'm trying to troubleshoot
a session timeout problem, so my questions are probably simple... If I want
the session to last as long as the browser is open, do I put the following
line of code in ALL of my web pages?

ini_set("session.cookie_lifetime", "0");

Do I have to put this line before or after session_start();?


"Andy Hassall" <an**@andyh.co.uk> wrote in message
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:09:18 -0600, "jim" <in**@info.com> wrote:

Can I set the session timeout in my code? I don't have access to php.ini
because the site is on a shared server.
You don't need access to php.ini: http://uk.php.net/session notes that

all the session configuration variables are PHP_INI_ALL changeable, and links to
ini_set(), the function you can use to change them.

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Andy Hassall / <an**@andyh.co.uk> / <http://www.andyh.co.uk>
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[Andy Hassall]

On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:54:35 -0600, "bob garbados" <bo*********@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Thanks for your reply. I'm brand new to php and I'm trying to troubleshoot
a session timeout problem, so my questions are probably simple... If I want
the session to last as long as the browser is open, do I put the following
line of code in ALL of my web pages?

ini_set("session.cookie_lifetime", "0");
Yes, although that's the default anyway - have your host changed it?
Do I have to put this line before or after session_start();?

Before.

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[bob garbados]

My host has it set to 1200 seconds. Thanks for the help.
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On Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:54:35 -0600, "bob garbados" <bo*********@yahoo.com>
wrote:

Thanks for your reply. I'm brand new to php and I'm trying to troubleshoota session timeout problem, so my questions are probably simple... If I wantthe session to last as long as the browser is open, do I put the followingline of code in ALL of my web pages?

ini_set("session.cookie_lifetime", "0");

Yes, although that's the default anyway - have your host changed it?

Do I have to put this line before or after session_start();?

Before.

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Andy Hassall / <an**@andyh.co.uk> / <http://www.andyh.co.uk>
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