thanks.. i will check it out
"John Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 002601c26378$b4189350$b402a8c0@mango">news:002601c26378$b4189350$b402a8c0@mango... > Just use ini_set() to set a different session.save_path() than what's in > your PHP.ini. then the garbage collector won't touch it. Write your own > script to do the deleting and call whatever functions you need. Add that > to your cron script to run every hour or day, and you're good to go. You > made your own garbage collector. > > I'm going to have to do this for a sourceforge site I have. I started a > thread about this on the PHP board at Devshed and someone posted a > sample function to handle the cleanup. > > ---John Holmes... > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: christian haines [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 11:06 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [PHP] session and expiration function > > > > thanks john, > > > > hmmm... i suspected as much... > > > > i guess the way to do it would be to set a highly improbable garbage > > collection and long timeout via ini_set. then use a timeout function > > attached to the session which launches on expiration > > > > cheers > > christian > > > > "John Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > 002501c26374$e136db20$b402a8c0@mango">news:002501c26374$e136db20$b402a8c0@mango... > > > > is it possible to have a function execute when a session expires > using > > > > php4 > > > > sessions? > > > > i know how to execute a function if i control the timeout (as > > > mentioned > > > > elsewhere in this group) but what about if the session times out > > > itself > > > > using the inbuilt garbage collection routine. > > > > if so, any ideas how? > > > > > > I don't think there's a way to do it besides hacking the source > code. If > > > you really have to do this, I'd set your own session.save_path() in > your > > > scripts and then write a script to do the cleanup and function > calling > > > for you. > > > > > > ---John Holmes... > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php