What's the difference ? Setting Sessions?

[phprocket]

 

 

What is the difference between these ?

 

 

ini_set('session.name','PUMMS');
ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',99992592000);
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime',99992592001);

 

 

session_name('PUMMS');
session_set_cookie_params(99992592000,'/',$pumms_domain_cookie);

 

 

Should one method be used over the other ?  I have seen other people use both by testing for a function ?  I could use some help understanding this.

 

 

The end goal is to change the session name and setup the session cookie not to expire when browser is closed.  My script will check the session value and determine to let the user in or not based by a configurable time set in the database.

 

 

Resources,

 

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-cookie-params.php

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.cookie-lifetime

 

Thanks,

David

[paulman888888]

one sets the session the other one uses the sessions

[phprocket]

one sets the session the other one uses the sessions

 

I think they both set the Custom SESSION cookie, I have tried this both ways..  I am thinking ini_set() can be turned off some how,  but I am not relly sure on that.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

session_set_cookie_params() is simply a built in function that sets the values instead of using individual ini_set() statements. There is no functional difference. Any value that could be prevented from being changed would be prevented using either method.