Stritix

1 hour ago, Lindy said:

I can nearly guarantee a plugin that simply selects from the user table to determine who has been active in the past X hours to manipulate the list is going to be more reliable than hacking code, changing server configs, etc.  I'm not sure you understand what you're actually doing here - you're not setting a display cutoff, you're altering the PHP garbage collection config. 

We've had issues with people tinkering with this and I feel compelled to note, you're "voiding your warranty" so-to-speak and we will not provide tech support should you end up with "people aren't staying logged in" etc. Proceed at your own risk. 

I will not be altering anything if that's the case. What plugin do you recommend?

13 minutes ago, chilihead said:

In php.ini it is session.gc_maxlifetime.

Are there any dangers?

3 minutes ago, chilihead said:

You can edit the session timeout in PHP.

Is there an up to date tutorial for this?

5 hours ago, Lindy said:

Because IPS4 uses PHP sessions and the default garbage collection is 30 minutes. Editing PHP configurations is beyond most users and and it's really not necessary - if you want to make your site look more busy than it actually is, there's plugins in the marketplace to replace the online user block. You should ideally leave the stock settings alone. 

I don't really like using plugins. They aren't often reliable. Is there a way to simply edit a file to change this setting? It seems that the past method is now outdated.

Why is there no setting to change this? Basic functions from IPB3 are missing in IPS4. I just upgraded to IPS4. I'd rather not modify files. Please let us change the cut off time.