Session Timeout

[verdrm]

Does anyone know how to set the PHP session timeout directly on a PHP page? I thought I saw something like this on the Beta test board but I can't find the page.

[kratsg]

ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime',"300");//in seconds, maximum session lifetime
ini_set('session.gc_probability',1);//leave this alone, it means that the '1' divided by the divisor gives the percentage of removing sessions, in this case: 100%
ini_set('session.gc_divisor',1);
ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime',"300");//maximum cookie lifetime
session_save_path('/home/tmp');//I saved all my sessions outside my public_html folder (it's different for diff servers)
session_start();

 

Change the lifetime for both cookie and gc_maxlifetime and you're set (keep them the same and you'll be fine)

[verdrm]

Do I need to save my sessions or is that an "optional" feature? How do I carry sessions between pages?

[kratsg]

Sessions are there until timeout or you kill them off.

[verdrm]

Right, but if I use that code above on one page, but sessions exist on each page, will that automatically carry over, or do I need that code on each page?