How to increase the session timeout in Symfony

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I would like to know how to increase the session timeout in symfony. Is it enough to only adjust the symfony configuration settings or must I also configure anything in my php.ini file?

stollr · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-14 09:57:27Z

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For Symfony 2.0.x

framework:
    session:
        lifetime: 43200  #time in seconds

For Symfony >= 2.1.0

framework:
    session:
        cookie_lifetime: 43200  #time in seconds

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Sam Over a year ago

In case anyone else is wondering, you can find this documented here. It's also worth pointing out that one of the things this will affect is login expiry time.

caligari Over a year ago

However, that parameter configures de lifetime for the cookie (not for the session indeed) resulting that sessions are closed after the specified time since creation (they are not renewed).

Nis Over a year ago

How to achieve this in Symfony >= 2.1.0 when user is using PDOSession ?

Potherca Over a year ago

@Nis That looks like something to open a separate question for :-)

Raise · Accepted Answer · 2010-03-02 16:04:37Z

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for sf1.0:

Change the value in apps/appname/config/settings.yml:

all:
  .settings:
    timeout:    1800 #session lifetime value in seconds

for sf1.1+:

Add these lines to apps/appname/config/factories.yml:

user:
  class: myUser
  param:
    timeout:    1800 #session lifetime value in seconds

answered Mar 2, 2010 at 16:04

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Rui Gonçalves Over a year ago

Hi there! Thanks for the help! Is this configuration enough or some other change needs to be made on php.ini file? Thanks in advance, Best regards!

Raise Over a year ago

This is all you need - symfony manages its sessions independently to the settings in php.ini.

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