automatic logout before SESSION end

[Chris Stegeman]

Hello there,

On my site people have to log in and automatically start a session. An
authorized login grants access to other pages and MySQL data.
However when the user waits to long, the server ends the session, without a
proper logout. The user can't see that he is logged out, hits a button and
gets
mutiple errors because MySQL is no longer available.
Is there a way to to warn the user a minute before the session is ended?
I just read, the session time is set in session.gc_maxlifetime in php.ini.
So I
can let a timer run along with this time and warn the user, but doesn't the
server returns a signal before the session is ended that I can use to alert
the user or in any case can trigger a proper logout?

thanks, Chris

[Gordon Burditt]

>On my site people have to log in and automatically start a session. An

authorized login grants access to other pages and MySQL data.
However when the user waits to long,
the server ends the session,
*WHICH* server ends the *WHAT KIND OF* session? I presume you mean
MySQL server and the connection to it, not http server and PHP
$_SESSION, here.
without a
proper logout. The user can't see that he is logged out, hits a button and
gets
mutiple errors because MySQL is no longer available.
I'd like to suggest re-establishing the MySQL connection, if possible,
if it has timed out. Then there's no need to warn the user.
Is there a way to to warn the user a minute before the session is ended?
PHP runs server side. You can't push data to the browser. You could
tell the user his session has timed out, but it's a little late at
that point. Javascript is Turned Off(tm).
I just read, the session time is set in session.gc_maxlifetime in php.ini.

The maximum idle time for a MySQL connection is set in my.cnf or
a server default.

Gordon L. Burditt

[Chris Stegeman]

Thanks Gordon, but it is in fact the http server (apache) that ends the PHP
$_SESSION!
The SQL errors occur because the user has no rights anymore to connect to
the MySQL server when the $_SESSION has ended.
I was hoping the http server would send some kind of alert, before ending
the PHP $_SESSION

Chris

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On my site people have to log in and automatically start a session. An
authorized login grants access to other pages and MySQL data.
However when the user waits to long,
the server ends the session,

*WHICH* server ends the *WHAT KIND OF* session? I presume you mean
MySQL server and the connection to it, not http server and PHP
$_SESSION, here.

without a
proper logout. The user can't see that he is logged out, hits a button and
gets
mutiple errors because MySQL is no longer available.

I'd like to suggest re-establishing the MySQL connection, if possible,
if it has timed out. Then there's no need to warn the user.

Is there a way to to warn the user a minute before the session is ended?

PHP runs server side. You can't push data to the browser. You could
tell the user his session has timed out, but it's a little late at
that point. Javascript is Turned Off(tm).

I just read, the session time is set in session.gc_maxlifetime in php.ini.

The maximum idle time for a MySQL connection is set in my.cnf or
a server default.

Gordon L. Burditt

[Ian B]

You could use a javascript timer to either keep the session alive, or
to check the idle time.

Ian

[ijsaunders]

On all session protected bages, create a function checklogon at the top
of the page. If the logon fails then redirect them back to the logon
screen (but perhaps pass the page they were on in the querystring, to
be used in the login script to redirect them back again)? I assume you
are checking the logon at some point on the secure pages anyway?

hope this helps

Cheers

Ian
www.boan-design.co.uk