Re: Session Timeout

On Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:25:12 -0400, J Huntley Palmer <jhp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Event though it can be set in the php.ini file globally

; Lifetime in seconds of cookie or, if 0, until browser is restarted.
session.cookie_lifetime = 500

Can it be set per user session?

Yes.

http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ini.php#ini.list
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.ini-set.php
http://uk.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php#ini.session.cookie-lifetime

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