how to increase the length of a session to perhaps several hrs

[irock]

Do you guys know how to increase the length of a session to perhaps several hrs? I need to save this data for a longer period of time.

The default session length is 15 minutes. But the thing I don't understand is why session_cache_expire(); returns 180 minutes?

Thanks for your help!

[jatar_k]

Have you tried the settings in php.ini?

session.gc_maxlifetime [ca2.php.net]

sorry, this slipped by. :)

[irock]

Thanks! Do I have to recomplied PHP to adjust this session.gc_maxlifetime setting?

[DrDoc]

session.gc_maxlifetime is PHP_INI_ALL

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Table 2. Definition of PHP_INI_* constants

PHP_INI_USER = Entry can be set in user scripts
PHP_INI_PERDIR = Entry can be set in php.ini, .htaccess or httpd.conf
PHP_INI_SYSTEM = Entry can be set in php.ini or httpd.conf
PHP_INI_ALL = Entry can be set anywhere

[irock]

Sorry DrDoc, but where can I find this PHP_INI_ALL file? Could you give more instructions?

Thanks again...