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Read the comments here: <a href="http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.session-cache-expire.php" rel="ugc">http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.session-cache-expire.php</a><br />
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Emphasize: Comments - the docs are not very helpful on this one!<br />
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HTH, ~Ray
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I want to increase the amount of time it takes for a session to time out when using PHP Sessions. I know the answer is probably out there somewhere but I tried to search for it and couldn't find a solution.
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I want to increase the amount of time it takes for a session to time out when using PHP Sessions. I know the answer is probably out there somewhere but I tried to search for it and couldn't find a solution.

Increase PHP Session Timeout

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