This assumes default settings in php.ini

Description: the effect of session_set_cookie_params() is documented to last only for the duration of the calling script, however it's affect appears to last globally forever. i.e. After using a session named "SID1" with a cookie timout of 5 seconds, subsequently using a session "SID2" with default cookie parameters will also have a timeout of 5 seconds.

The following two scripts will illustate this.

<?php
  session_name("SID1");
  session_set_cookie_params(5,"/");
  session_start();
  echo "Sid is [",session_id(),"]\n";
?>

Loading this, SID1 changes every 5 seconds as expected.

Loading the following, however, SID2 also changes every 5 seconds, even though cookie params have *not* been set in this script.

<?php
  session_name("SID2");
  session_start();
  echo "Sid is [",session_id(),"]\n";
?>


Nick