Ryan Fielding wrote:
> Ryan Fielding wrote:
>> Chris wrote:
>>> Ryan Fielding wrote:
>>>> I'm using a session to save cart contents within a store, and this
>>>> session follows the user as they proceed through the checkout. My
>>>> problem is, if a customer orders say 10 items, they have the option
>>>> to input 10 different addresses that these items will be delivered
>>>> to. I've noticed that some sessions are timing out before the user
>>>> can finish entering in all the details. I thought that maybe a tiny
>>>> iframe calling a page that used <Meta Http-equiv="Refresh"
>>>> Content="300"> to refresh the iframe every 5 minutes, but no such luck.
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone know of any thing else i can try to stop this from
>>>> happening?
>>>>
>>>
>>> What's the session expiry time set to? Try setting it manually?
>>>
>>> See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-cache-expire.php
>>>
>> It's currently set to the default 180 minutes.
>>
> In regards to this, i would like to keep it at 180 minutes, but only
> extend it for certain instances where the customer is taking a long time
> to enter the details.

3 hours to fill in a form??
that said is it really necessary to make it so short?

if your okay with using javascript you could popup a confirm()
and conditionally make an ajax request (which will cause the expiry timeout
to be reset)

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