Can you change session cookie timeout in php.ini for me? Print

Yes, you can change the session cookie timeout in your php.ini file by updating two main directives:

🔧 Step-by-step Instructions

1. Locate your php.ini file:

   • On most systems, it's in /etc/php/[version]/apache2/php.ini or /etc/php.ini.

   • Run php --ini in the terminal to find the correct file if you're unsure.

2. Open php.ini in a text editor:

   bash

    

   sudo nano /etc/php.ini

   (Replace the path with the actual one from your system if different.)

3. Edit the session timeout settings:

   Add or modify the following lines:

   ini

    

   session.gc_maxlifetime = 3600 session.cookie_lifetime = 3600

   • session.gc_maxlifetime: This is the number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and cleaned up by PHP's garbage collection.

   • session.cookie_lifetime: This sets how long the cookie should live on the client side (in seconds). If set to 0, the cookie expires when the browser closes.

   Example: 3600 seconds = 1 hour.

4. Save and close the file.

5. Restart your web server:

   • For Apache:

     bash

      

     sudo systemctl restart apache2

   • For Nginx with PHP-FPM:

     bash

      

     sudo systemctl restart php-fpm

 

Tip for Application-Level Override

If you don't have access to php.ini, you can add this to your script: