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A session cookie's lifetime is 0, zero, which tells the browser that it is a 'session cookie' and should be 'expired' when the browser closes all windows and exits. &nbsp;There isn't anything to update if it is set as a session cookie. &nbsp;<br />
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This is entirely independent of the session timeout on the server which is reset with every page request.
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A session cookie's lifetime is 0, zero, which tells the browser that it is a 'session cookie' and should be 'expired' when the browser closes all windows and exits.  There isn't anything to update if it is set as a session cookie.  

This is entirely independent of the session timeout on the server which is reset with every page request.

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Ok then it's not a session cookie in that sense. &nbsp;This is a cookie that represents a session on the server. &nbsp;It has an expiry that I need to be updated so that the user is not halfway through doing something when the session expires. &nbsp;It should update the cookie with a new timeout with every page refresh.<br />
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think of it like a &quot;remember me&quot; cookie.
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Ok then it's not a session cookie in that sense.  This is a cookie that represents a session on the server.  It has an expiry that I need to be updated so that the user is not halfway through doing something when the session expires.  It should update the cookie with a new timeout with every page refresh.

think of it like a "remember me" cookie.

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Overriding the cookie works the way I want it to.
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Overriding the cookie works the way I want it to.

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I've asked a previous question on PHP sessions: <a href="https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28447891/cakePHP-Sessions.html" rel="ugc">https://www.experts-exchange.com/questions/28447891/cakePHP-Sessions.html</a><br />
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Why is my PHP session cookie's lifetime is not being updated with each page refresh even though I can see the session information on the server is being extended?<br />
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This is using CakePHP but to my knowledge it uses PHP sessions.
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I've asked a previous question on PHP sessions: http://www.experts-exchange.com/Programming/Languages/Scripting/PHP/Q_28447891.html

Why is my PHP session cookie's lifetime is not being updated with each page refresh even though I can see the session information on the server is being extended?

This is using CakePHP but to my knowledge it uses PHP sessions.

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