setting cookie expiration date in php

mohtasham1983 · 08-10-2007, 02:26 AM

I have tried to set a cookie that can last for 6 months on users' computers one they log in to the system using:

PHP Code:



$_SESSION["loginUsername"] = $user; 
$inSixMonths = 60 * 60 * 24 * 180 + time();  
setcookie('lastVisit', date("G:i - m/d/y"), $inSixMonths);

I don't want users to log in to my website whenever they restart their browser or even their computers, although, I know it is a security risk.

For some reason, when I'm logged in to the system and don't have any activities for a while, all session variables expire so that I have to log in again.

I have found some tricks to increase session's time out value by modifying php.ini, but I'm just wondering if it's possible to do that using php codes, since I don't have access to php.ini ?

Thanks in advance

cconstantine · 08-10-2007, 08:30 AM

the second arg to setcookie() is a time_t integer. Just put your $inSixMonths var in there; don't use date() to convert. ref: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php