I want to expire PHP session after 3 hours of user inactivity. Therefore I am using following code.
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', '10800');
ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', '10800');
But I can't see it is working as expected. It is expiring the session after 3 hours whether I am actively using the application. I want to achieve this from the application. Not from the php.ini
file.
How can I use PHP session to expire and Sign Out the user from the application after 3 hours of user inactivity ?
Thanks in advance
You can do something like that in php:
<?php
session_start();
$duration = (DURATION * 60);
if(isset($_SESSION['started']))
{
$showform = 0;
$time = ($duration - (time() - $_SESSION['started']));
if($time <= 0)
{
unset($_SESSION['count']);
unset($_SESSION['offender']);
$showform == 1;
}
}
else
{
$_SESSION['started'] = time();
}
?>
Set the time duration and unset it after the duration expires. Replace Duration text with minutes count like 3 hours = 180 minutes so put 180 there.