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<section id="session.configuration">
&reftitle.runtime;
&extension.runtime;
<para>
<table>
<title>Session configuration options</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Name</entry>
<entry>Default</entry>
<entry>Changeable</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>session.save_path</entry>
<entry>"/tmp"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.name</entry>
<entry>"PHPSESSID"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.save_handler</entry>
<entry>"files"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.auto_start</entry>
<entry>"0"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.gc_probability</entry>
<entry>"1"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.gc_maxlifetime</entry>
<entry>"1440"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.serialize_handler</entry>
<entry>"php"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.cookie_lifetime</entry>
<entry>"0"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.cookie_path</entry>
<entry>"/"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.cookie_domain</entry>
<entry>""</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.cookie_secure</entry>
<entry>""</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.use_cookies</entry>
<entry>"1"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.use_only_cookies</entry>
<entry>"0"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.referer_check</entry>
<entry>""</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.entropy_file</entry>
<entry>""</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.entropy_length</entry>
<entry>"0"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.cache_limiter</entry>
<entry>"nocache"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.cache_expire</entry>
<entry>"180"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.use_trans_sid</entry>
<entry>"0"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_SYSTEM | PHP_INI_PERDIR</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.bug_compat_42</entry>
<entry>"1"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>session.bug_compat_warn</entry>
<entry>"1"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>url_rewriter.tags</entry>
<entry>"a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry"</entry>
<entry>PHP_INI_ALL</entry>
</row>
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<entry>session.encode_sources</entry>
<entry>"globals</entry>
<entry>track"</entry>
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</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
For further details and definition of the PHP_INI_* constants see
<function>ini_set</function>.
</para>
<para>
The session management system supports a number of configuration
options which you can place in your &php.ini; file. We will give a
short overview.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.save-handler">
<term>
<parameter>session.save_handler</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.save_handler</literal> defines the name of the
handler which is used for storing and retrieving data
associated with a session. Defaults to
<literal>files</literal>. See also
<function>session_set_save_handler</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.save-path">
<term>
<parameter>session.save_path</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.save_path</literal> defines the argument which
is passed to the save handler. If you choose the default files
handler, this is the path where the files are created. Defaults to
<literal>/tmp</literal>. See also
<function>session_save_path</function>.
</simpara>
<para>
There is an optional N argument to this directive that determines
the number of directory levels your session files will be spread
around in. For example, setting to <literal>'5;/tmp'</literal>
may end up creating a session file and location like
<literal>/tmp/4/b/1/e/3/sess_4b1e384ad74619bd212e236e52a5a174If
</literal>. In order to use N you must create all of these
directories before use. A small shell script exists in
<filename>ext/session</filename> to do this, it's called
<filename>mod_files.sh</filename>. Also note that if N is
used and greater than 0 then automatic garbage collection will
not be performed, see a copy of &php.ini; for further
information. Also, if you use N, be sure to surround
<literal>session.save_path</literal> in
"quotes" because the separator (<literal>;</literal>) is
also used for comments in &php.ini;.
</para>
<warning>
<para>
If you leave this set to a world-readable directory, such as
<filename>/tmp</filename> (the default), other users on the
server may be able to hijack sessions by getting the list of
files in that directory.
</para>
</warning>
<note>
<simpara>
Windows users have to change this variable in order to use PHP's
session functions. Make sure to specify a valid path, e.g.:
<filename>c:/temp</filename>.
</simpara>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.name">
<term>
<parameter>session.name</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.name</literal> specifies the name of the
session which is used as cookie name. It should only contain
alphanumeric characters. Defaults to <literal>PHPSESSID</literal>.
See also <function>session_name</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.auto-start">
<term>
<parameter>session.auto_start</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.auto_start</literal> specifies whether the
session module starts a session automatically on request
startup. Defaults to <literal>0</literal> (disabled).
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.serialize-handler">
<term>
<parameter>session.serialize_handler</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.serialize_handler</literal> defines the name
of the handler which is used to serialize/deserialize
data. Currently, a PHP internal format (name
<literal>php</literal>) and WDDX is supported (name
<literal>wddx</literal>). WDDX is only available, if PHP is
compiled with <link linkend="ref.wddx">WDDX
support</link>. Defaults to <literal>php</literal>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.gc-probability">
<term>
<parameter>session.gc_probability</parameter>
<type>integer</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.gc_probability</literal> specifies the
probability that the gc (garbage collection) routine is started
on each request in percent. Defaults to <literal>1</literal>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.gc-maxlifetime">
<term>
<parameter>session.gc_maxlifetime</parameter>
<type>integer</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.gc_maxlifetime</literal> specifies the number
of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and
cleaned up.
</simpara>
<note>
<simpara>If you are using the default file-based session handler, your
filesystem must keep track of access times (atime). Windows FAT does
not so you will have to come up with another way to handle garbage
collecting your session if you are stuck with a FAT filesystem or any
other fs where atime tracking is not available.
</simpara>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.referer-check">
<term>
<parameter>session.referer_check</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.referer_check</literal> contains the
substring you want to check each HTTP Referer for. If the
Referer was sent by the client and the substring was not
found, the embedded session id will be marked as invalid.
Defaults to the empty string.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.entropy-file">
<term>
<parameter>session.entropy_file</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.entropy_file</literal> gives a path to an
external resource (file) which will be used as an additional
entropy source in the session id creation process. Examples are
<literal>/dev/random</literal> or <literal>/dev/urandom</literal>
which are available on many Unix systems.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.entropy-length">
<term>
<parameter>session.entropy_length</parameter>
<type>integer</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.entropy_length</literal> specifies the number
of bytes which will be read from the file specified
above. Defaults to <literal>0</literal> (disabled).
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.use-cookies">
<term>
<parameter>session.use_cookies</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.use_cookies</literal> specifies whether the
module will use cookies to store the session id on the client
side. Defaults to <literal>1</literal> (enabled).
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.use-only-cookies">
<term>
<parameter>session.use_only_cookies</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.use_only_cookies</literal> specifies whether
the module will <emphasis role="strong">only</emphasis> use
cookies to store the session id on the client side. Defaults
to <literal>0</literal> (disabled, for backward compatibility).
Enabling this setting prevents attacks involved passing session
ids in URLs. This setting was added in <literal>PHP</literal>
4.3.0.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.cookie-lifetime">
<term>
<parameter>session.cookie_lifetime</parameter>
<type>integer</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.cookie_lifetime</literal> specifies the lifetime of
the cookie in seconds which is sent to the browser. The value 0
means "until the browser is closed." Defaults to
<literal>0</literal>.See also
<function>session_get_cookie_params</function> and
<function>session_set_cookie_params</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.cookie-path">
<term>
<parameter>session.cookie_path</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.cookie_path</literal> specifies path to set
in session_cookie. Defaults to <literal>/</literal>.See also
<function>session_get_cookie_params</function> and
<function>session_set_cookie_params</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.cookie-domain">
<term>
<parameter>session.cookie_domain</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.cookie_domain</literal> specifies the domain to
set in session_cookie. Default is none at all. See also
<function>session_get_cookie_params</function> and
<function>session_set_cookie_params</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.cookie-secure">
<term>
<parameter>session.cookie_secure</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.cookie_secure</literal> specifies whether
cookies should only be sent over secure connections. Defaults to
<literal>off</literal>.
This setting was added in <literal>PHP</literal>
4.0.4. See also
<function>session_get_cookie_params</function> and
<function>session_set_cookie_params</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.cache-limiter">
<term>
<parameter>session.cache_limiter</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.cache_limiter</literal> specifies cache
control method to use for session pages
(none/nocache/private/private_no_expire/public). Defaults to
<literal>nocache</literal>. See also
<function>session_cache_limiter</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.cache-expire">
<term>
<parameter>session.cache_expire</parameter>
<type>integer</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.cache_expire</literal> specifies time-to-live
for cached session pages in minutes, this has no effect for
nocache limiter. Defaults to <literal>180</literal>. See also
<function>session_cache_expire</function>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.use-trans-sid">
<term>
<parameter>session.use_trans_sid</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>session.use_trans_sid</literal> whether transparent
sid support is enabled or not. Defaults to
<literal>0</literal> (disabled).
</simpara>
<note>
<simpara>
For PHP 4.1.2 or less, it is enabled by compiling with
<link linkend="install.configure.enable-trans-sid">
<literal>--enable-trans-sid</literal></link>.
From PHP 4.2.0, trans-sid feature is always compiled.
</simpara>
<simpara>
URL based session management has additional security risks
compared to cookie based session management. Users may send
an URL that contains an active session ID to their friends by
email or users may save an URL that contains a session ID to
their bookmarks and access your site with the same session ID
always, for example.
</simpara>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.bug-compat-42">
<term>
<parameter>session.bug_compat_42</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
PHP versions 4.2.0 and lower have an undocumented feature/bug that
allows you to to initialize a session variable in the global scope,
albeit <link linkend="ini.register-globals">register_globals</link>
is disabled. PHP 4.3.0 and later will warn you, if this feature is
used, and if <link linkend="ini.session.bug-compat-warn">
session.bug_compat_warn</link> is also enabled.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.session.bug-compat-warn">
<term>
<parameter>session.bug_compat_warn</parameter>
<type>boolean</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
PHP versions 4.2.0 and lower have an undocumented feature/bug that
allows you to to initialize a session variable in the global scope,
albeit <link linkend="ini.register-globals">register_globals</link>
is disabled. PHP 4.3.0 and later will warn you, if this feature is
used by enabling both
<link linkend="ini.session.bug-compat-42">session.bug_compat_42</link>
and <link linkend="ini.session.bug-compat-warn">
session.bug_compat_warn</link>.
</simpara>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ini.url-rewriter.tags">
<term>
<parameter>url_rewriter.tags</parameter>
<type>string</type>
</term>
<listitem>
<simpara>
<literal>url_rewriter.tags</literal> specifies which HTML tags
are rewritten to include session id if transparent sid support
is enabled. Defaults to
<literal>a=href,area=href,frame=src,input=src,form=fakeentry,fieldset=</literal>
</simpara>
<note>
<simpara>
If you want XHTML conformity, remove the <literal>form</literal> entry and
use the &lt;fieldset&gt; tags around your form fields.
</simpara>
</note>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
<para>
The <link
linkend="ini.track-vars"><literal>track_vars</literal></link> and
<link
linkend="ini.register-globals"><literal>register_globals</literal></link>
configuration settings influence how the session variables get
stored and restored.
</para>
<note>
<para>
As of PHP 4.0.3, <link
linkend="ini.track-vars"><literal>track_vars</literal></link> is
always turned on.
</para>
</note>
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