Very Frustrated

dgregan · 08.11.2005, 04:41

Ok guys...I know that I'm a newbie and all, but I've got to have some input on this issue:

The session timeout on the backend is killing me. I've bumped up the numbers, deleted cookies, and nothing is helping. I've posted previously in the MAMBO section with no response.

Could someone please advise. This was not always the behavior on my site, but started out of the blue. I have since done a complete fresh install of Joomla (from mambo) with the exact same results.

I am using Firefox. Your help is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely - the man with no hair left - Doug

twysm · 15.11.2005, 21:18

Try this:
http://www.mambers.com/showthread-t_39566.html

dgregan · 18.11.2005, 04:04

Thank you very much for that post. I did enter the two values indicated and my site is still standing

. However, I am not seeing a change in performance. So...my questions are two-fold:

1) Are there any additional changes or parameters that I need to check? I have obviously increased the admin timeout, but wasn't sure if there was more to look at.

2) Is there a particular place in the .htaccess that I need to add those lines? I just added them at the end. Is that OK, or is there an "order of operations" so to speak?

Thanks again for taking the time to write. Clearly this issue has been driven into the ground before me. I guess I'm just a little slow.

- Doug

pmascarenhas · 06.10.2006, 02:17

Hi Guys,

I hope the following info helps:

I had the same problem and I fixed this way:

for joomla 1.0.11

1 - create a "tmp" folder in your account joomla instalation root and cmod it 0777
2 - edit includes/joomla.php and chage all 1800 or 1900 values in the code for 36000

3 - edit administrator/index.php, index2.php , index3.php and includes/joomla.php

and add the following in the beginnig after "MOS or die"....

// path for cookies
$cookie_path = "/";

// timeout value for the cookie
$cookie_timeout = 1200 * 30; // in seconds

// timeout value for the garbage collector
// we add 300 seconds, just in case the user's computer clock
// was synchronized meanwhile; 600 secs (10 minutes) should be
// enough - just to ensure there is session data until the
// cookie expires
$garbage_timeout = $cookie_timeout + 600; // in seconds

// set the PHP session id (PHPSESSID) cookie to a custom value
session_set_cookie_params($cookie_timeout, $cookie_path);

// set the garbage collector - who will clean the session files -
// to our custom timeout
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', $garbage_timeout);
ini_set('session.gc_probability',1);
ini_set('session.gc_divisor',1000);
ini_set('session.save_path','/your_full_path_here/xxx/yyy/tmp');
// we need a distinct directory for the session files,
// otherwise another garbage collector with a lower gc_maxlifetime
// will clean our files aswell - but in an own directory, we only
// clean sessions with our "own" garbage collector (which has a
// custom timeout/maxlifetime set each time one of our scripts is
// executed)
strstr(strtoupper(substr($_SERVER["OS"], 0, 3)), "WIN") ?
$sep = "\\" : $sep = "/";
$sessdir = ini_get('session.save_path').$sep;

4 - Set in joomla administration admintime to 36000

I hope it works for you as well is working for me!

I can help with other versions and can also explain what problem these code lines solve

email me at: vogita "at" vogita "dot" com

wasim_at_drushti · 14.11.2006, 11:09

you may configure your configuration.php file or you may increse the interval from the Global Configuration section through your CMS Control Panel

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