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session timeout in php

I am trying to put up a session timeout facility that will log out a user if he/she is inactive after 30 minutes. My current login uses sessions to store user variables.

How is this done in php?

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@NogDogJul 19.2007 — Set the [url=http://us.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php#ini.session.cookie-lifetime]session.cookie_lifetime[/url] configuration parameter to 1800 (seconds). You could do this on every page via the [url=http://www.php.net/session_set_cookie_params]session_set_cookie_params[/url]() function before the session_start(), but it's probably more practical to either set it in your php.ini file if you have the necessary admin privilege, or else via a .htaccess file entry if you don't.
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