phpmyadmin logs out after 1440 secs

Question

In my local development Ubuntu box I use MySQL and phpmyadmin to work with the database.

Whenever phpmyadmin is idle for 1440 secs (24min) the session expires. I lose m

Answer 1

If the parameter $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] is not taking effect in config.inc.php file, try disabling the session.gc_maxlifetime in the php.ini file by putting a semicolon to the left like this:

; After this number of seconds, stored data will be seen as 'garbage' and
; cleaned up by the garbage collection process.
; http://php.net/session.gc-maxlifetime
; session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440

Or try disabling both $cfg['LoginCookieValidity'] and session.gc_maxlifetime = 1440 by commenting both out.

Then phpMyAdmin should no longer log out when you idle. It works for me on Windows. Don't forget to clear your browser cache and restart your webserver.