PHP sessions

Debian/Ubuntu configuration

 php -i | grep session
session.gc_maxlifetime => 1440 => 1440 
session.gc_probability => 0 => 0 (Disables GC)

Debian/Ubuntu session cleaning

• sessionclean Debian/Ubuntu sh script
• phpsessionclean.service systemd service
• phpsessionclean.timer

Session path

php -i | grep session.save_path
session.save_path => /var/lib/php/sessions => /var/lib/php/sessions

grep "session.save_path" /etc/php/7.2/apache2/php.ini
;     session.save_path = "N;/path"
;     session.save_path = "N;MODE;/path"
;session.save_path = "/var/lib/php/sessions"
;       (see session.save_path above), then garbage collection does *not*

Ref: https://stackoverflow.com/a/30127516

php sessions
Could not open input file: sessions

Related terms

• Session garbage collector (SGC)
• Redis
• https://docs.python-requests.org/en/master/
• Users lose their php/http sessions
• session_start

Activities

• Read https://www.getpagespeed.com/server-setup/php/cleanup-php-sessions-like-a-pro

See also

• PHP sessions, session_start, php -i | grep session, /var/lib/php/sessions/, sessionclean, phpsessionclean.service (systemd service)
• PHP, php-fpm, php -i, PHP sessions, symfony, fastcgi_pass, sessionclean (shell script),phpsessionclean.service (systemd service), phpquery, php.ini, /var/log/php*, PECL, php --help, PHPUnit, Laravel, PHP framework, Composer, phpbrew, Xdebug, php --version, PHP Fatal error, Hello, World! (php)]

https://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-maxlifetime