Shoppping cart timeout...

[modernm]

What is the best way to extend the timeout for shopping carts of people that have not logged in? I searched for a while on the forum and could not find anything specific to the shopping cart, just the checkout process.


Cal

[cfe]

I was looking for a similar bit of info and came across this thread. Where can I check the current timeout?

[cfe]

It seems that the session.gc_maxlifetime value in your php.ini may have something to do with it. If it's set to 0 then the session will not expire until the browser is closed. You can find more info on the php site here.

[barricades]

It seems that the session.gc_maxlifetime value in your php.ini may have something to do with it. If it's set to 0 then the session will not expire until the browser is closed. You can find more info on the php site here.

Hi there,

I've been looking for the same thing as you guys. I've read every forum post that I could find on the topic and as far as I can see the above is the only suggestion of what can actually be done.

I emailled my host pointing them to the above post and asked them if it was possible to change the php.ini file for me, what follows is their response:

"Please check your Zen Cart configuration file /includes/configure.php (last few lines) which give you the option for the cache i.e. what is in someones cart) to be written to the database, file or non.

We suggest you change it from NONE to FILE.

Regards

Support"

Can anyone who is more knowledgeable than me tell me if this will work?

thanks