Chris Cook .me » script http://chriscook.me Homepage Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:52:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 PHP: Session Timeouts http://chriscook.me/web-development/php-session-timeouts/ http://chriscook.me/web-development/php-session-timeouts/#comments Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:31:50 +0000 Chris http://chriscook.me/?p=117 Defining session timeout thresholds for PHP scripts is a security “must”. I recommend that you consider the purpose of your script before applying a session timeout function. For instance, if your site has a secure login and security requirements, it’s important to include the timeout function. However, it’s often an inconvenience to end-users.

Use the code below to create a function which can be used to implement a secure timeout threshold.

/* Set timeout threshold to 10 minutes (600 seconds) */
@session_start();
$timeout = 600;
$_SESSION["expires_by"] = time() + $timeout;
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