Session id on admin login

[tomwills]

I want to increase the amount of time that the session id/cookie is kept for the admin screen. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Thanks.

[jpf]

The DEFAULT PHP session "Garbage collection" (when it clears up session with no activaty) is 24 mins (1440 sec)
In PHP.INI change:
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440

to say - 1 hour:

session.gc_maxlifetime = 3600

This is not really suggested. What is suggested to to is to save what your doing evey 15 min or so (like when your using the ONLINE HTML or text editor) - this with "refresh" the session lifetime - then click your bowsers "back button" to return back where you was. Or do MOST of your editing OFF LINE and cut and paste it in or FTP it.

[tomwills]

Thanks for your answer. This is what I was looking for. Can you tell me though please where to find the php.ini file, or is this something that needs to be set across the whole server?

[jpf]

PHP.INI is a SERVER based file not a "web" based file. You "may" have a local copy of php.ini if in a certain virutual servers setup (not all type are setup like that) - or has to be set for the WHOLE server.

It is NOT really recommended to extend this... It is best to "save" what your doing or move / refresh your screen every 10-20 mins (which resets the session lifetime).

[tomwills]

Thank you once again. However, please note, that I am talking specifically about the admin screen, which seems to be a different time-out from the rest of the site. Could this be possible? Will I be able to change this, as the staff seems to have to login every 10 minutes or so.