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Bug #20884 Session file stay forever
Submitted: 2002-12-08 01:27 UTC Modified: 2002-12-08 02:40 UTC
From: nitro1710 at hotmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Session related
PHP Version: 4.2.3 OS: FreeBSD 4.5
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2002-12-08 01:27 UTC] nitro1710 at hotmail dot com 
Here's my conf:
[Session]
session.save_handler = files
session.save_path = /tmp
session.use_cookies = 1
session.name = PHPSESSID
session.auto_start = 0
session.cookie_lifetime = 0
session.cookie_path = /
session.cookie_domain =
session.serialize_handler = php
session.gc_probability = 1
session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440
session.referer_check =
session.entropy_length = 0
session.entropy_file =
;session.entropy_length = 16
;session.entropy_file = /dev/urandom
session.cache_limiter = nocache
session.cache_expire = 180
session.use_trans_sid = 1


I start session and even if the user close it's browser, the session file stay forever... It stay there and I have to delete them else I get an hundred of session file created.... I tested it on my 2 box (Freebsd4.5) and it does that too....

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 [2002-12-08 02:40 UTC] sniper@php.net 
Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php
 [2003-01-22 04:22 UTC] sense at gdsyzx dot edu dot cn 
My PHP server has the same problem.PHP version is 4.3.0, apache Version is 2.0.43.
    Please tell me how to fix it. Thanks!
 [2003-02-19 11:47 UTC] up dot the dot iron at libero dot it 
My PHP server has the same problem.

PHP version is 4.2.3, apache Version is 2.0.42 on Linux 2.4.18-3sm

    Please tell me how to fix it. Thanks!
 [2004-10-08 11:57 UTC] hendrik dot schmieder at jedox dot com 
Hello,

we also have this problem.
System is WIN2000 Apache 1.3.31 , php 4.3.9 as apache module.

We have 

session.gc_probability = 100
session.gc_dividend    = 100
session.gc_maxlifetime = 120
session.use_trans_sid = 1

in our php.ini.

But even after 26 minutes the session file is not deleted.
Even after stopping the Apache service,
 the session file is still there.

I consider this as severe bug !

with best regards

  Hendrik Schmieder
 [2004-10-08 15:04 UTC] hendrik dot schmieder at jedox dot com 
Sorry, 

session.gc_dividend  must be session.gc_divisor.

But this doesn't change the behaviour.

If the lifetime of a session is over, 
the session datafile MUST be deleted,
 also when the Apache service is stopping,
regardless if there's a new session starting or not.

 with best regards

   Hendrik
 [2004-10-08 16:41 UTC] hendrik dot schmieder at jedox dot com 
Sorry a second time.

I withdrew the request, that the session files should
be deleted when Apache stopps.

Nevertheless,
if a session times out, their session file should be deleted,
regardless whether another session is started or not.

  Hendrik
 
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