php session expire

[funkymunky20079]

I've been noticing that my PHP sessions are expiring after rather a short time. I tried to see what the default timeout settings was but access to php_info() wasn't allowed so I'm wondering how I can extend the session life (say to 24hours?). Can I have a local php.ini file? If so, how would I change the default settings?

Another option would be to use the ini_set() function I suppose? I know how to change the default this way, but I'd also need to define a custom path for session.save_path wouldn't I?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Skizzerz]

session configuration is whatever PHP has per default.
If you would like to have "sessions" that last longer than this, you should make use of cookies to store user information, such as a session id that relates to a database table.

PHP settings are server-wide and cannot be changed on a per-account basis. You cannot have your own php.ini, but you could make use of ini_set().