Hello André,

Tuesday, March 9, 2004, 10:53:35 PM, you wrote:

AVL> I'm using sessions to manage users, by using cookies to store the
AVL> session.
AVL> My question is, how do I make the session last _forever_?
AVL> ATM the session lasts 'till the user closes the browser.

Ok first of all - you cannot make a cookie last "forever". You can set
its expiry to be a ridiculous date in the future, but that's all - if
the browser removes it during cookie purging, or the user reinstalls
something - it's gone. One of the best solutions is to refresh the
cookie (without their knowledge) each time they come back to the site.

Anyway, onto the meat of your question - give the cookie an expiry
date well into the future so it persists until the visitor returns.
Look at the help file for details on the attributes you need for
setcookie.

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Best regards,
 Richard Davey
 http://www.phpcommunity.org/wiki/296.html

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