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Bug #55333 session files stay forever under C:\Windows\Temp
Submitted: 2011-08-01 05:01 UTC Modified: 2015-02-15 04:22 UTC
Votes:9
Avg. Score:4.2 ± 1.0
Reproduced:8 of 8 (100.0%)
Same Version:0 (0.0%)
Same OS:7 (87.5%)
From: sokann at gmail dot com Assigned: yohgaki (profile)
Status: No Feedback Package: Session related
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS: Windows Server 2008
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
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 [2011-08-01 05:01 UTC] sokann at gmail dot com 
Description:
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1. Download and run http://windows.php.net/downloads/releases/php-5.3.6-nts-Win32-VC9-x86.msi

2. Under "Web Server Setup", select "IIS FastCGI". Next, Next, Install.

3. Open php.ini, and set the following:

session.gc_divisor = 1
session.gc_maxlifetime = 10

4. Put this under C:\inetpub\wwwroot as test.php

<?php
session_start();

$_SESSION['test'] = 42;
?>

5. Open a web browser

6. Go to http://localhost/test.php

7. Clear all browsing data, and wait 15 seconds

8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for N times

9. Go to C:\Windows\Temp

10. Found N + 1 files named sess_xxxx. GC never run.

This could be related to bug 54951, and possibly a duplicate of bug 47060.

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 [2012-03-31 03:33 UTC] yohgaki@php.net
-Assigned To: +Assigned To: yohgaki
 [2012-10-07 07:52 UTC] erickque75 at hotmail dot com 
I can confirm this behaviour on Windows 2008R2 PHP 5.3.17
A workaround could be to disable GC and garbage collect manually with a scheduled 
task.
 [2013-08-07 10:08 UTC] yohgaki@php.net 
sokann and erickque75

I don't use windows regularly, what's your session.save_path setting?
If you use 5.4 or later, please update PHP version.
 [2015-02-03 05:15 UTC] yohgaki@php.net
-Status: Assigned +Status: Feedback
 [2015-02-03 05:15 UTC] yohgaki@php.net 
Anyone can confirm this issue exists in PHP-5.5 or later?
Thank you.
 [2015-02-15 04:22 UTC] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net 
No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because
we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem.
If this is not the case and you are able to provide the
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change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you.
 
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