phpbb sessions timing out almost instantly

Post by **extrarice** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:57 pm

Don't know if it's just me, but the forums here have been acting up since around Thursday. I have it set to auto log-in when I visit the forum, but whenever I hit "show new posts" it says there's nothing unread and marks the unread posts as read. Also posting a topic or a reply is a hassle, asking me to log out and log back in again repeatedly. I've already cleared out my cache and cookies, so that's not the problem. It sounds more like the lifetime of php session variables is way too short (like in the neighborhood of a few minutes!).

Post by **Ack** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:55 pm

Only issues I have with the forums would be how often racketboy.com refuses to load. I figure it's usually for maintenance purposes.

Post by **Niode** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:02 pm

I get the same. It doesn't really bother me though.

I can log in one minute have like 10 unread topics and then I reload the page (without viewing any threads) and then I only have a few unread. It's very weird.

Post by **racketboy** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:08 pm

Downtime is usually either Digg effects or the server acting funny.
Feel free to email me if you're getting long downtime.
If I already know about it, I'll just delete the message.

As for your session time issue, I'm not sure where to go from here. It seems to work fine for me, but I may have had it happen once or twice. I don't change those settings ever, so it may just be a quirk with the DB server or something. So most likely, it's out of my control

Post by **peace4myheart** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:36 pm

i had the same problem last week too. either wouldn't load up or load up after a long wait. hopes it is just maintainence. it's been fine so far.

Post by **RyaNtheSlayA** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 6:07 pm

racketboy wrote:Downtime is usually either Digg effects or the server acting funny.
Feel free to email me if you're getting long downtime.
If I already know about it, I'll just delete the message.

As for your session time issue, I'm not sure where to go from here. It seems to work fine for me, but I may have had it happen once or twice. I don't change those settings ever, so it may just be a quirk with the DB server or something. So most likely, it's out of my control

i have problems with the site not notifying me about new posts in topics im watching...

Post by **extrarice** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 3:49 pm

racketboy wrote:As for your session time issue, I'm not sure where to go from here. It seems to work fine for me, but I may have had it happen once or twice. I don't change those settings ever, so it may just be a quirk with the DB server or something. So most likely, it's out of my control

If it is indeed the php session variable expiring prematurely, that could be fixed in php.ini by lengthening the lifetime of the session variable. Some hosts let you alter this variable. But if this doesn't appear to be a widespread issue, I'd just let it be.