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Session files - donpwinston - 06-28-2018
I've noticed that in my writable/sessions directory there are a zillion files. Do these keep accumulating or are they deleted at some point?
RE: Session files - kilishan - 06-28-2018
It's handled by PHP's own garbage collection routine, which by default on many systems run every 100th request. It's possible there's a bug in the system, but largely dependent on what OS you're running and your server settings. Here's a decent explanation of what's going on and ways to work with it, even though it uses Symfony and Laravel for examples.
When GC happens, this should be ran.
RE: Session files - dave friend - 06-28-2018
Clean up is determined by the PHP runtime configuration items gc_probability divided by gc_divisor. That ratio defines the probability that the GC (garbage collection) process is started on any session initialization. So, given 1/100 there is a 1% chance that the GC process starts. (docs)
I've highlighted probability and chance to point out there is no guarantee GC will happen once every 100 times per the 1/100 example. It could happen twice in a row and then not again for 200 (and potentially many more) session initializations.
RE: Session files - ballpumpe - 04-27-2021
(06-28-2018, 12:38 PM)kilishan Wrote: It's handled by PHP's own garbage collection routine, which by default on many systems run every 100th request. It's possible there's a bug in the system, but largely dependent on what OS you're running and your server settings. Here's a decent explanation of what's going on and ways to work with it, even though it uses Symfony and Laravel for examples.
When GC happens, this should be ran.
I hate to dig up such an old thread but I have a follow up question that just fits exactly to the topic.
If I don't want to rely on PHP's own garbage collection and instead run the gc() method directly via cronjob for example, how do I do this?
I tried :
/app/Config/Routes.php
Code:
$routes->get('/gc', function () {
$gc = new \CodeIgniter\Session\Handlers\FileHandler;
if ($gc->gc(1800)) {
echo "success";
}
});but with no success.
"ArgumentCountError
Too few arguments to function CodeIgniter\Session\Handlers\FileHandler::__construct(), 0 passed in /var/www/app/Config/Routes.php on line 94 and exactly 2 expected"
Am I on the right track or completly false with this approach?
thanks in advance