Re: [PHP] Making a Timeout Expiration Length to Session Variables

Hi,

On 07/08/2013 05:10 AM, dealTek wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I would like to make a timeout length to session variables, so that if a user didn't use the browser page for let's say 5 minutes - the session variables would expire and the user would need to login again.
> 
> 
> Q: What's the best way to implement this functionality?

You can either use cookies or do something like that:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3068744/php-session-timeout

In your case is would be
if ($_SESSION['timeout'] + 5 * 60 < time()) {
    // session timed out
} else {
    // session ok
}

Karim

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