Zend Framework 2 (ZF2) auth session refresh using storage

Question

I have looked all over and I can see where people have created the initial session for ZF2 auth, remember me's, etc, but I can't find where people are updating the session when there is activity. Basically, I already have an authentication (with doctrine) system and my current solution and I set up the following configuration setting:

return array (
    'session' => array(
        'cookie_lifetime' => 1800, // 30 min
        'remember_me_seconds' => 1800, // 30 min
        'use_cookies' => true,
    ),
);

Then what I am trying to do is RELOAD this on every request like this: NOTE: I have code that only does this if the user is already logged in.

class Module
{
    public function onBootstrap(EventInterface $e)
    {
        $this->getEventManager()->attach('route', array($this, 'onRoute'), -100);
    }

    public function onRoute(EventInterface $e)
    {
        $sessionConfig = new SessionConfig();
        $sessionConfig->setOptions($config['session']);
        $sessionManager = new SessionManager($sessionConfig);
        $sessionManager->rememberMe($config['session']['remember_me_seconds']);
        $sessionManager->start();
    }
}

My basic need is I'm trying to refresh the session (server and client) anytime there is a request, but 1. it feels like I'm re-creating it every time and 2. Sometimes the session seems to randomly die. I think this is because the original session dies after the 30 min I set it to.

Any advice?

Answer 1

PHP should be updating the session time for you, you don't need to do it manually.

Also, don't call rememberMe() on every request, as this will generate a new session token (assuming the session already exists).