Some times page switches to default language when refreshed after inactivity

Not a major issue, but one anyway and I wonder if someone could offer help.

I have two languages installed, English and Greek with Greek being the default. Therefore, if one enters the site by using the URL http//athenscollectibles.info, the site comes up in Greek. Everything works fine and the user can switch between English and Greek on any page by using the flags in the header bar.

The problem starts when the visitor refreshes a page or selects another page after some time of inactivity. For example, someone visits the English "About us" page, leaves it unchanged for an hour and then clicks on Home or something else. Then, instead of getting the English Home page, the default Greek Home page is presented.

I suspect that it may have to do with cookies expiring (or am I talking nonsense?) but a more valid explanation and a remedy can be offered by one of the experts around the forums.

Help will be much appreciated and thanks are expressed in advance.

That's by design.
The visitor's choice is remembered for as long as they are active on the site. If they're inactive for more than 24 minutes, their selections are reset.

Thank you DrByte. It seems that I was correct about something expiring, it wasn't cookies but session.

Following your post, I searched the forums for "24 minutes" and found where the session information is. I could change it to something like 1 hour but there are conflicting opinions about this, which make it difficult to decide. :unsure:

If you've read my posts about the topic then you'll know that I recommend leaving it alone.

That I will do, but will also change my default language to English as most visitors are expected to be English-speaking.

Thanks again and wishes for a nice weekend. :smile:

DrByte:

The visitor's choice is remembered for as long as they are active on the site. If they're inactive for more than 24 minutes, their selections are reset.

Does this mean that every time a visitor returns to the site (perhaps days later) they have to select their language preference again?

Is the language of choice not saved in a cookie? If not, do I have to create my own cookie and set $_SESSION['language'] (based on the cookie value) immediately after

require('includes/application_top.php');

in index.php