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How to have a session that never expires ? - Coool6 - 06-12-2018 Hello Dear CI Community, I don't understand, i read the documentation and i set the sess_expiration on '0' as the doc said, but even with the tab always open in the browser (Chrome), the session never exceed 2 or 3 hours. After that time, the session file on the server is updated and the user data are removed... (i didn't define a save_path but it's automatically saved in the var/php folder of the server) Here is my config code : PHP Code: $config['sess_driver'] = 'files'; PHP Code: $config['cookie_prefix'] = ''; Ideally i would have at least a session that doesn't expire as long as the tab is open and in the best way, i would have a running session even when the user is off, in order to avoid to ask him to relog each time he comes to the website. If you have any ideas, it will be great !! Thanks a lot !! Cheers. RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - php_rocs - 06-12-2018 I have some questions and comments...what version of CI are you using? Your session settings appear to be correct. Although only one of my cookie config settings is different: $config['cookie_domain'] is set to ''. Did you check your PHP.ini Session settings? RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - Coool6 - 06-12-2018 (06-12-2018, 08:45 AM)php_rocs Wrote: I have some questions and comments...what version of CI are you using? Your session settings appear to be correct. Although only one of my cookie config settings is different: $config['cookie_domain'] is set to ''. Did you check your PHP.ini Session settings? Thanks for your help, i use the 3.1.6 Before, the cookie_domain was see to '' and it was the same issue, i just changed it recently cause i found someone on Stack Overflow who recommended it, but it didn't fix anything this is the extract of my phpinfo() for the session, first value is the the local value, second is the master value. If you see something abnormal, don't hesitate to tell me The only diff are session.cookie_domain, session.cookie_httponly, [b]session.name, session.save_handler, [b]session.sid_length and [/b][/b]session.use_strict_mode. session.auto_start Off Off session.cache_expire 180 180 session.cache_limiter nocache nocache session.cookie_domain .mydomain.com no value session.cookie_httponly On Off session.cookie_lifetime 0 0 session.cookie_path / / session.cookie_secure Off Off session.gc_divisor 1000 1000 session.gc_maxlifetime 1440 1440 session.gc_probability 1 1 session.lazy_write On On session.name ci_session PHPSESSID session.referer_check no value no value session.save_handler user files session.save_path /srv/data/var/php/www /srv/data/var/php/www session.serialize_handler php php session.sid_bits_per_character 5 5 session.sid_length 32 26 session.upload_progress.cleanup On On session.upload_progress.enabled On On session.upload_progress.freq 1% 1% session.upload_progress.min_freq 1 1 session.upload_progress.name PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS PHP_SESSION_UPLOAD_PROGRESS session.upload_progress.prefix upload_progress_ upload_progress_ session.use_cookies On On session.use_only_cookies On On session.use_strict_mode On Off session.use_trans_sid 0 0 RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - dave friend - 06-12-2018 The problem is here PHP Code: $config['sess_save_path'] = NULL; When using the file driver the value must be an absolute path to the folder to be used for the session files. Read the Files Driver Documentation until you see the comment about absolute paths. RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - Coool6 - 06-12-2018 (06-12-2018, 11:59 AM)dave friend Wrote: The problem is here Thanks for the info ! But i don't get it, actually when $config['sess_save_path'] is empty, the default path is "/srv/data/var/php/www" as you can see in my phpinfo() Do i need to copy/past that in the $config['sess_save_path'] or do i need to create another custom folder ? Thanks a lot for your help !! RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - dave friend - 06-12-2018 (06-12-2018, 12:18 PM)Coool6 Wrote: Thanks for the info ! Read the documentation one more time. Oh, never mind. It says Quote:[The files driver] doesn’t support PHP’s directory level and mode formats used in session.save_path, Yes, you could explicitly set it like this. PHP Code: $config['sess_save_path'] = "/srv/data/var/php/www"; But that's not a good place if /srv/data/var/php/www is where index.php is located. It is wise to put session storage outside a site's public accessible folders. You should consider creating a different folder. Perhaps /srv/data/var/php/sessions/. The owner should be www-data and with permissions set to 0700. If you were to create what was just described then you would use PHP Code: $config['sess_save_path'] = "/srv/data/var/php/sessions"; RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - Coool6 - 06-13-2018 (06-12-2018, 01:14 PM)dave friend Wrote:(06-12-2018, 12:18 PM)Coool6 Wrote: Thanks for the info ! I tried your solution but always the same issue, after a short time the session expires... I don't get it RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - dave friend - 06-13-2018 (06-13-2018, 07:52 AM)Coool6 Wrote: I tried your solution but always the same issue, after a short time the session expires... When you say "the session expires" you mean that the session data is gone? I have a GitHub Repository that is designed to test CodeIgniter (v3.x.x) session configuration. It contains one controller and one view file. Give it a try it may help you determine if you have a config issue or some other "logic" problem. RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - php_rocs - 06-13-2018 @Coool6, This probably doesn't matter but what version of PHP are you using? RE: How to have a session that never expires ? - dave friend - 06-13-2018 Earlier I recommended PHP Code: $config['sess_save_path'] = "/srv/data/var/php/sessions"; Which might be wrong because it is missing a trailing slash. Try this. PHP Code: $config['sess_save_path'] = "/srv/data/var/php/sessions/"; |