joomla session time outs

Discussion in 'Integration' started by davidm1, Nov 22, 2007.

  1. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    There's a discrepancy in the session times between aMember and Joomla. This causes users sessions to expire in joomla but not aMember.

    Where can I edit the aMember session times?

    Thanks,

    David
  2. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    There is no such settings in aMember. (currently it use standart php sessions)
  3. davidm1

    davidm1 aMember User & Partner

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    How about if I add this to config.inc.php?

    ini_set('session.cookie_time', 90);
  4. tomfra

    tomfra Member

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    One way to solve this problem could be perhaps to set the Joomla user session timeout to something very high - e.g. 2 days. Of course, having the ability to set session time out in aMember would be helpful...

    Tomas
  5. alexander

    alexander Administrator Staff Member

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    ini_set('session.cookie_time', 90);
    yes this can help if ini_set is not blocked by host.
  6. akuma13

    akuma13 New Member

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    joomla times out amemeber doesn't...

    this is a real problem for me because the protected directories stay open but joomla doesn't know who it is and based on how i have it setup it performs erratically - has there been any progress or solution in this area?

    i thought amember was supposed to stay away of joomla users i'll try ini_set('session.cookie_time', 90); in config for now.

    thank you!


  7. akuma13

    akuma13 New Member

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    also-

    it's kind of strange i don't remember my joomla sessions ever timing out before... not sure what changed other than adding amember...

    *edited* i did turn off the "remember me" plugin i guess that was it? it that important for amember to work correctly? i have the new version and current joomla 1.5 i read in an older post it worked better with this turned off?

    and lastly - re: i changing the config setting to var $lifetime = '9999'; - is that for admin sessions only?

    thank you!

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