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Keeping logged in with SESSIONS


Canman2005

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Hi all

 

I have a members login page which is secured with SESSIONS, when you login a SESSION is created and that's what determins if you should see member content or not.

 

I want to try and keep the member logged in for the MAXIMUM time possible, so even when they close a browser a re-open, it would remember them and they should not have to log in again.

 

What do you feel is the best way to do this so that I can maximise the length of time they are logged in.

 

Any advice would be ace

 

Thanks

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However it's not the best idea to extend the session for a long period of time, For example if the user is at a Internet Cafe, then the next person who uses the computer they were on, will still have access to the previous users account. If they didn't clear there cookies.

Thanks Guys, I thought cookies were the way to do it but just wanted to see what you thought.

 

I've seen and tried many cookie stay logged in scripts, but never really managed to get one working well, do you know of any good tutorials on setting this up.

 

Thanks

Thanks, I have managed to get the following, but I get "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in C:\web\test.php on line 5" when its run, any ideas?

 

$_POST['username'] = 'xx';
$_POST['pass'] = 'yy';
$hour = time() + 60*60*24*1000
setcookie("ID_my_site", $_POST['username'], $hour); 
setcookie("Key_my_site", $_POST['pass'], $hour); 

print $_COOKIE['ID_my_site']; 
print $_COOKIE['Key_my_site'];

 

Thanks

Yes, thanks, managed to see that in the end.

 

I am now using

 

$timeset = time() + 60*60*24*1000;
setcookie("cookie_ef_username", $_POST['email'], $hour);
setcookie("cookie_ef_password", $_POST['password'], $hour);

 

Which works fine until the browser is closed and then it seems to loose the cookie data, why could that be?

 

Thanks

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