PHP check if session from session folder is active
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PHP check if session from session folder is active
I need to check if each session over my website is still active or not.
I used to cycle over each session in the folder given by the php command session_save_path(), the problem is that even if a session expires, the respective folder doesn't modify at all.
session_save_path()
How can I solve this? I have PHP 5.3, otherwise I would have tried something like session_status(), which I think can solve my problem.
session_status()
Here's my code:
$sessionNames = scandir(session_save_path());
foreach($sessionNames as $sessionName) {
$sessionName = str_replace("sess_","",$sessionName);
if(strpos($sessionName,".") === false) { //This skips temp files that aren't sessions
session_id($sessionName);
session_start();
// CHECK IF THE SESSION IS ACTIVE OR EXPIRED
session_write_close();
}
}
Thank you!
Why are you trying to do this?
– marekful
Jul 2 at 14:43
Thanks @Loek! Actually I'm upgrading it in some months, I was just searching for some quick solution for now
– Antonio Muzzolini
Jul 2 at 14:45
@marekful to get the users' logs using an external script executed in the crontab
– Antonio Muzzolini
Jul 2 at 14:50
The session files don't go away when the session is closed or ended. The probability of a session file being removed is based on variables in the PHP ini file. IMO you should not be looking at or using the session files directly.
– Dave
Jul 2 at 15:08
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PHP 5.3 has been EOL for ages now. Please consider upgrading as it would both solve your problem and keep your application way more secure.
– Loek
Jul 2 at 14:42