CakePHP application automatically logs out within few seconds

Question

I have used CakePHP in my application. But it has a weird problem. Some times a user is being automatically logged out after within few secs. How to stop this auto log out?

I have set below codes in my app/config/core.php:

Configure::write('Session.timeout', '120');
Configure::write('Security.level', 'low');

Does it happen from time to time or always? does it happens with a specific user or any user? — api55, Oct 17 '11 at 13:11
try to check your actions maybe you are destroying the session or cookies some where. — Fury, Jan 30 '14 at 15:22

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 27 '15 at 03:43

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The best way is to set session time out in the app/Config/core.php.

Configure::write('Session', array(
        'defaults' => 'php',
                'timeout' => 20,//20minutes
                'autoRegenerate' => true,//resets session on activity
                'cookieTimeout' => 1440
    ));

edited Jun 27 '15 at 03:43

JasonMArcher

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answered Jun 27 '15 at 03:25

Stallion

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score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:29

I had a similar problem once. At that time the random loggin out stopped after I fixed a 404 request on one of the images called by a .css file. By that time I was running CakePHP 1.3 though and I have never had a similar issue on CakePHP 2.0

Its commentend on the answers for this question CakePHP session/auth logging out intermittently that:

The 404 request apparently can reset the Cake Auth/Session, not a generic PHP issue

CakePHP application automatically logs out within few seconds

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