Symfony2, Configure pdo session storage in database

pdo, php, session, symfony

Solution

You can reduce the number of rows in your session table by running the session garbage collector more frequently.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.configuration.php#ini.session.gc-probability

In your php.ini file

session.gc_probability=1

session.gc_divisor=1

session.gc_maxlifetime=36000

These settings will run the garbage collector with 100% probability, which is not recommended for production but you should be able to verify it works and tweak the settings as needed.

Problem

For my Symfony2 project, i'm using the session storage in a database. So, i configure my config.yml like that : ``` framework: session: handler_id: session.handler.pdo parameters: pdo.db_options: db_table: session db_id_col: session_id db_data_col: session_value db_time_col: session_time services: pdo: class: PDO arguments: - "pgsql:host=%database_host%;dbname=%database_name%" - "%database_user%" - "%database_password%" calls: - [setAttribute, [3, 2]] session.handler.pdo: class: Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\Storage\Handler\PdoSessionHandler arguments: ["@pdo", "%pdo.db_options%"] ``` All it's ok, when i login, an entry is created in my database and the sessions works fine. But, how can i define the lifetime of my session when its in the database ? Why do I have a lot of lines (+50) in my session table, if I only have 4 members on my application ? How can i configure that ? I just need one session when a member login.

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