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Bug #26527 Either GC code is wrong or GC documentation is wrong
Submitted: 2003-12-04 15:33 UTC Modified: 2003-12-04 19:25 UTC
From: jneil at myersinternet dot com Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Session related
PHP Version: 4.3.3 OS: Linux
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2003-12-04 15:33 UTC] jneil at myersinternet dot com 
Description:
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Both the code documentation in mod_files.c (on line 207) and the PHP manual indicate that the garbage cleanup should take place based on a given session file's last access time.  However, the element from "struct stat" being used in mod_files.c on line 209 is sbuf.st_mtime (the last modification time) instead of sbuf.st_atime.

Either the code is incorrect or the documentation is incorrect.  If we can get this synced up properly, then those of us trying to debug session timeout issues will have a much easier time deciding which parameters are governing session timeouts.  The coding change may have been to fix problems on a particular platform but the result has been to make the documentation misleading.

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 [2003-12-04 19:25 UTC] sniper@php.net 
From CVS log for mod_files.c:

revision 1.76
date: 2002/08/17 20:32:26;  author: zeev;  state: Exp;  lines: +2 -2
Use mtime instead of atime, as we always update the session file anyway.
 
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