PHP $_SESSION vars setting time limit?

Question

I never unset a $_SESSION variable or destroy the session but the next day I'll come to the site and the session will be gone.

I'm doing a simple $_SESSION['name'] = $_POST['name'] and then it forgets about the session.

Am I doing something wrong? Do I set a time-limit for SESSION vars?

Why would it expire?

Thanks.

Answer 1

but the next day I'll come to the site and the session will be gone.

Sessions are not meant to behave that way. Sessions expire as soon as you close your browser. You need cookies to achieve this.

You also need to have a look at session.gc_maxlifetime

You can do like this

<?php
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 3600);