Return current cache expire (original) (raw)

session_cache_expire

(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

session_cache_expire — Return current cache expire

Description

session_cache_expire ([ string $new_cache_expire ] ) : int

The cache expire is reset to the default value of 180 stored insession.cache_expire at request startup time. Thus, you need to call session_cache_expire() for every request (and before session_start() is called).

Parameters

new_cache_expire

If new_cache_expire is given, the current cache expire is replaced with new_cache_expire.

Note: Setting new_cache_expire is of value only, ifsession.cache_limiter is set to a value_different_ from nocache.

Return Values

Returns the current setting of session.cache_expire. The value returned should be read in minutes, defaults to 180.

Examples

Example #1 session_cache_expire() example

`<?php/* set the cache limiter to 'private' /session_cache_limiter('private');
$cache_limiter = session_cache_limiter();/ set the cache expire to 30 minutes /
session_cache_expire(30);
$cache_expire = session_cache_expire();/ start the session */session_start();

echo

"The cache limiter is now set to $cache_limiter
";
echo "The cached session pages expire after $cache_expire minutes";
?> `

See Also

• session.cache_expire
• session.cache_limiter
• session_cache_limiter() - Get and/or set the current cache limiter