I want to keep session alive for 10 min. and then unset or destroy it

Question

If a person idles for 10 minutes then I want the page expired -> user has to login again to continue.

Possible duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3068744/php-session-timeout — Subir Kumar Sao, Feb 06 '13 at 09:35
This is very basic and a visit to php.net would solve our problem. — phpalix, Feb 06 '13 at 09:37
thanx @subirkumarsao for providing me useful link.....thanx buddy ths link wil definitely solve my problem......:) — Ankit Sharma, Feb 06 '13 at 09:45

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 06 '13 at 09:34

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ini_set("session.gc_maxlifetime","600");
session_start();

answered Feb 06 '13 at 09:34

m4t1t0

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 06 '13 at 09:32

0

session_start();
if( time() - $_SESSION['login_time'] > 600)
{
    header("Location:login.php");
}

This will check if the session has been running for more than 600 seconds (10 minutes).

Of course first you have to store:

$_SESSION['login_time'] = time();

when the session is created.

answered Feb 06 '13 at 09:32

nowhere

But Ankit wants session to expire **when user is idle** for 10 mins and not after 10 mins of login. I guess, if your answer is implemented then user will be redirected to login page after 10 mins, no matter user is active or idle. – Bhavik Shah Feb 06 '13 at 09:36
mmm yes the title fooled me. In this case i suppose jquery is the only option http://paulirish.com/2009/jquery-idletimer-plugin/ – nowhere Feb 06 '13 at 09:39

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