PHP Because of my new hosting firm my sessions started to end in half an hour idle time. How to change it with code (without php.ini or htaccess)

Question

checked this link: How to change the session timeout in PHP?
but couldn't solve the issue...

> > $twenty_days = 60 \* 24 \* 20; // 20 days in minutes

session_cache_expire($twenty_days);

session_start();

AND TRIED

ini_set('session.cookie_lifetime', xxx);

ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', xxx);

EDIT: Solved with this:

session_set_cookie_params('604800', '/', null, true, true);

// Start the session
session_start(); }

1st user comment on PHP site, `"The manual probably doesn't stress this enough: ** This has nothing to do with lifetime of a session **"` — Professor Abronsius, Apr 10 '23 at 10:46
If sessions are genuinely expiring after 30 mins, look into using `session_set_cookie_params` before `session_start`. — ceejayoz, Apr 10 '23 at 11:16
do i delete this question, or how to set your answer as accepted answer? — YelLOW, Apr 10 '23 at 12:37

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 10 '23 at 12:53

session_set_cookie_params can be used to set session cookie expiration (and other settings) if your host is setting a session.cookie_lifetime value you don't like.

Call it with your desired settings before session_start().

session_set_cookie_params(0, '/', null, true, true); // expire session when browser closes
session_set_cookie_params(86400, '/', null, true, true); // one day lifetime
session_start();

PHP Because of my new hosting firm my sessions started to end in half an hour idle time. How to change it with code (without php.ini or htaccess)

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