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paulkd · 11-16-2024, 01:20 AM

Hi All,

I recently saw that I had a lot of session files and wonder if the amount being created by CodeIgniter is correct. So I installed a fresh version of 4.5.5 app starter and made the following changes:-

Controller - home.php

PHP Code:
class Home extends BaseController
{
  public function index(): string
  {
    $session = service('session');
    return view('welcome_message');
  }
} 

View - welcome_message.php

PHP Code:
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <title>Welcome to CodeIgniter 4!</title>
    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60"> 

CodeIgniter is creating a new session file every 5 minutes. I assume this is because of

Code:
public int $timeToUpdate = 300;

in Config/Session.php

Is this (many files) the expected behaviour? and if so does it make

Code:
$expiration = 7200;

redundant?

ELI5 Angel