Hey Yasuo, Yes, there can surely be no other reason for the existence of the value, than that someone wrote it :)
I think what I'm interested in is the reasoning behind it, since it seems so arbitrary. It's not 20 or 30 minuts, for example. I have tried emailing the author a long time ago but never received a reply. On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 12:54 AM, Yasuo Ohgaki <yohg...@ohgaki.net> wrote: > Hi Markus, > > On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 4:02 AM, Markus Amalthea Magnuson < > markus.magnu...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've been trying to figure out the design decision behind why the default >> value of session.gc_maxlifetime is 1440 seconds (24 minutes)? >> >> Does anyone know or have any good sources? >> > > Because the author set this value, I think. > It was 1440 since session module is introduced, IIRC. > > I think 1440 is reasonable value for many applications. > > Regards, > > -- > Yasuo Ohgaki > yohg...@ohgaki.net >