You could set $_SESSION['lasttime'] to time() and check it on every
page.



On Oct 17, 2007, at 3:58 AM, "Holografix" <holografix@gmail.com> wrote:

> I have some questions about sessions timeout and sessions ini
> settings.
>
> In php.ini I have session.gc_maxlifetime = 30 (for testing purpose
> only) ,
> session.gc_probability = 1 and session.gc_divisor = 100 (didn't
> touch this
> values)
>
> I have two simple pages
>
>
> page1.php
> ---------
> session_start();
> $_SESSION["test"] = "TEST";
> <a href="page2.php">test timeout</a>
>
>
> page2.php
> =========
> session_start();
> if (!isset($_SESSION["test"]) ) {
> echo "no session"; die();
> }
> print_r($_SESSION);
>
>
> I open page1.php in the browser and only click in the link after
> waiting
> more than 30 seconds (session.gc_maxlifetime).
> After this period what should happen with $_SESSION["test"] in
> page2.php?
>
> In php, session.gc_maxlifetime: ; After this number of seconds,
> stored data
> will be seen as 'garbage' and
> ; cleaned up by the garbage collection process.
>
> I need to understand this and get a way to automaticly logout a user
> after n
> minutes of inactivity.
>
> My environment:
> Windows XP PRO SP2, apache 2.2.4, php 5.2.4 (apache module), mysql
> 5.4.5
>
>
> Best regards
> holo
>
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