PHP - Php Session Expiry Time

I've simply set some sessions....

$_SESSION['LoggedIn'] = 1;
$_SESSION['UserID'] = $row["UserID"];

They don't seem to last very long, usually when I close my browser and go back on later, they'll expire. I want them to last permanently unless the user logs out.

How do I do this?

Thanks in advance.

I'm trying to get an expiry date to work on my project.... but at the moment... it doesnt seem to be working.

Heres the code for the main news submission form:

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<form action='newsubmit.php' method='POST'>
   Title: <input type='text' name='title' /><br />
   Story: <input type='text' name='story' /><br />
   Upload Image:
   <a href="#" onclick="window.open('fileuploadprocess.php','mywindow','width=450,height=300,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,s tatus=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,copyhistory=yes,resizable=yes')"> Click here</a>
   
   <?php
require_once('../../../2740/recaptcha/recaptchalib.php'); 
$publickey = "6Ldbd8ASAAAAAL96lIWHSDRmoaVJhgQJuKQwXNbd"; 
echo recaptcha_get_html($publickey);
?>
   
   <input type='submit' name='submit' value='Submit' />
   <input name='reset' type='reset' value='Reset' />
   </form>


Heres the code for the submission page:

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<?php
  include_once("functions.php");
  session_start();
  
  $submit = clean_string($_POST['submit']);
  $title = clean_string($_POST['title']);
  $story = clean_string($_POST['story']);
  $datetoday = date('Y-m-d', $expires);
  $daystoexpire = '7';
  $expires = time() + (86400 * $daystoexpire);
  $userid = $_SESSION['userID'];
  $newsimage = $_SESSION['imagelocation'];
  
  $message = '';
  
  
  
  
  require_once('../../../2740/recaptcha/recaptchalib.php');
  $privatekey = "6Ldbd8ASAAAAAFz8VT29H5w4WLNjsbI-mFY2QkaC";
  $resp = recaptcha_check_answer($privatekey, $_SERVER["REMOTE_ADDR"], $_POST["recaptcha_challenge_field"], $_POST["recaptcha_response_field"]);
  $message = "";
  
  if ($submit == 'Submit') {
      if (!$resp->is_valid) {
          // What happens when the CAPTCHA was entered incorrectly
          $errMessage = $resp->error;
          $message = "<strong>The reCAPTCHA wasn't entered correctly. Please try again.</strong><br />" . "(reCAPTCHA said: $errMessage)<br />";
      } else {
    
          
        
          // Process valid submission data here 
          if ($title && $story) {
              //process details here
              if (strlen($title) > 80) {
                  $message = "The title you have provided is too long. Please <a href='news_entry.php'>try again</a>";
              } else {
                  if (strlen($story) > 300) {
                      $message = "The news story you have provided is too long. Please <a href='news_entry.php'>try again</a>";
                              } else {
                                  require_once("db_connect.php");
                                  
                                  if ($db_server) {
                                      mysql_select_db("a200458721");
                                      
                                      
                  //Insert news story into news table  
    
                                          
                                          $query = "INSERT INTO news (usersID, title, story, image, datetoday, expires) VALUES ('$userid', '$title', '$story', '$image', '$datetoday', '$expires')";
                                          mysql_query($query) or die("User insert failed. " . mysql_error() . "<br />" . $query);
 
                                          $message = "News Story Successfully Submitted! Return to <a href='index.php'>homepage</a>";
  }
  
  }
  
  }
                                  } else {
                                      $message = "Failed to connect to database";
                                  }
  
 if ($expires < time()) {
    // Expired!
} 
                                  require_once("db_close.php");
                              }
              } else {
              $message = "please fill in all the required fields";
          }
      echo $message;

mysql_close($db_server);




?>


At the moment, this is the error its throwing up:
I'm not sure why its saying about the 1970 date either...

User insert failed. Incorrect datetime value: '1303391514' for column 'expires' at row 1
INSERT INTO news (usersID, title, story, image, datetoday, expires) VALUES ('13', 'NEWS TITLE GOES HERE', 'NEWS STORY', '', '1970-01-01', '1303391514')


Any ideas on why its throwing me up the error?

Hello everyone,

I've searched these forums for a while now trying to resolve a problem that I have with my sessions timing out before I would like them to, but I've only gotten confused about it.  I've read about changing some settings or adding code in my php.ini file but I have no idea what I'm doing when it comes to that.  I'm starting the session simply by having session_start(); at the top of each of my pages.  I'm including a copy of my entire php.ini file here so that you can see what I have already.  Can someone please help me to figure out what I would need to do to make my sessions last at least 8 hours?  Thanks in advance.

Here's my php.ini file:
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register_globals = off
allow_url_fopen = off

expose_php = Off
max_input_time = 60
variables_order = "EGPCS"
extension_dir = ./
upload_tmp_dir = /tmp
precision = 12
SMTP = relay-hosting.secureserver.net
url_rewriter.tags = "a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=,fieldset="


; Only uncomment zend optimizer lines if your application requires Zend Optimizer support

;[Zend]
;zend_optimizer.optimization_level=15
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3
;zend_extension_manager.optimizer_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3
;zend_extension=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager.so
;zend_extension_ts=/usr/local/Zend/lib/Optimizer_TS-3.3.3/ZendExtensionManager_TS.so


; -- Be very careful to not to disable a function which might be needed!
; -- Uncomment the following lines to increase the security of your PHP site.

;disable_functions = "highlight_file,ini_alter,ini_restore,openlog,passthru,
;       phpinfo, exec, system, dl, fsockopen, set_time_limit,
;                     popen, proc_open, proc_nice,shell_exec,show_source,symlink"

Is it possible to set a certain session to time out after say 2 minutes. I want to lock a person from seeing a page for 2 minutes then destroy the session yet keep the primary session and still keep dpoing what they were doing? Just curious.

Thanks,

Hi

I am developing a e-commerce website. The user logs in and buy a product when he checkout the page will redirect to the payment gateway. After the payment is completed it will return back to my website. This is ok. But when it is returning back the session maintained in my website get lost. This happen only for the first time. If the user again logged in and checkout the process works good and the session is maintaining.

Why does the session lost for first time.

I used session_start() in all the pages..

I cannot find the solutions. Kindly help..

Regards
P.Balakrishnan