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Posted: **Mon Mar 21, 2022 2:21 pm**

I have struggled with this for several years with nuBuilder, And am wondering if there is an elegant solution.

I use a common login for all members of our team so they can check in quickly. This check-in screen stays open on a dedicated terminal 24/7. Unfortunately the login times out, no matter what number I enter in the settings for nuBuilder. My solution is to put a note on the terminal that if the screen is frozen to use ctrl-R to refresh the browser which brings up the generic login with the username and password filled in. I have in the past gone through the timeout settings in php.ini (of which there are multiples) and mysql timeout settings, and have had varied success, but I can never remember which ones worked better and I have never been able to get it to just stay logged in and running.

Solutions:
1. Someone would be willing to hold my hand and help me make it stay running 24/7 (this is a lot to ask)
2. there is an easy way to make it so nuBuilder would at least log itself out and go back to the login screen when it times out so the next person to check-in doesn't have to use ctrl-R to refresh the browser.

Thank you
Craig

Posted: **Mon Mar 21, 2022 3:43 pm**

Hi,

I'm not sure if the following is going to work. Create a "dummy" procedure with e.g. code keep_alive and with a PHP code that just contains one space.

Then add this JS to your form's custom code. Replace 61c9aaa83024575 with your form's Id (see Option Menu -> Form info)
This will run the keep_alive-procedure in a defined interval (e.g. every 60s) and hopfully keep the session alive.

Code: Select all

var intervalID = null;

function runProcedure(code, formId) {

    if (nuGetProperty('form_id') !== formId || nuFormType() !== 'edit') {
        clearInterval(intervalID);
    } else {
        nuRunPHPHidden(code, 0);
    }
}

intervalID = setInterval(() => runProcedure('keep_alive','61c9aaa83024575'), 60000);

Posted: **Mon Mar 21, 2022 5:15 pm**

Thanks Kev1n,
Testing now, I'll report back.

Posted: **Mon Mar 21, 2022 9:59 pm**

This working perfectly, thanks so much for helping!

Posted: **Wed Mar 23, 2022 5:45 pm**

This is now incorporated into nuBuilder. Set $nuConfigKeepSessionAlive = true in nuconfig.php to keep a session alive.

Posted: **Wed May 11, 2022 7:46 am**

I have set $nuConfigKeepSessionAlive = true but my user sessions still timeout. Is there anything else I need to do (e.g php config on the server) for it to work? Or does this only prevent the login screen from timeout?

Neil.

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