Is it possible to set session.gc_maxlifetime > 65535 seconds

Question

Currently my session.gc_maxlifetime is set to default, thus 1440 seconds.

I would like to set the maxlifetime to a month, 4*7*24*60*60 seconds. However, I've read on php.net that the maximum value of session.gc_maxlifetime is 65535.

Is it therefor impossible to set my maxlifetime to more than 65535 seconds?

Answer 1

yes it is possible, if you do self session handler

then PHP garbabe collector will not handle your sessions

session_set_save_handler()

see http://cz1.php.net/manual/en/function.session-set-save-handler.php