Apache/PHP application sessions timing out

Question

I am fairly new to PHP and am running an open source web application called GLPI. We have several users that have the application open all day long and after a while they have to log back on the application. Is this the Apache session timing out? If so what is the default and how do I change it.

Answer 1

It's most likely the PHP session's lifetime.

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it's impossible to tell where in your application you need to change or add this without knowing it, but you may be able to change the session.gc_maxlifetime setting in php.ini without touching the application at all.