[melissa_octo7]

Hi all,
This is my first post.

I have a website that allows people to login and update user information. The information update can take some people a long time. We are getting complaints that after a certain length of time the user tries to move to the next page, but they are directed to the login in page and all information is lost.

I'm fmailiar with Java, but new to PHP. I'm thinking there is a session inactivity variable that I can set?

[UnrealEd]

Have a look at the PHP Sessions Manual, and especially to the session_cache_expire function.

There is indeed a parameter in the php.ini (the config file) that tells php when to end a session after a certain amount of time

[melissa_octo7]

Thanks Ed,
I'm checking the sessions manual now.

[melissa_octo7]

Configuring Sessions
In PHP, session management is configured in the php.ini file. To have a user's session start as soon as the user visits the website, the session.auto_start flag must be set to 1.

The session length is also set in the php.ini file with the session.gc_maxlifetime variable. The default value is 1440 seconds (24 minutes).