Alter session expiration depending on user type

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

I basically want to have the session expiration to vary depending on the ‘user type’

Essentially in the config/main.php I can see the following in the components block…





	'user'				=> array(

		'class'				=> 'application.components.WebUser',

		'allowAutoLogin'	=> true,

		'loginUrl'			=> array('frontend/user/login'),

                'loginRequiredAjaxResponse' => 'CT_SESSION_EXPIRED',

                'authTimeout'       => 3600, // auto-logout after 1hr

	),

This block of my code will log me out after 1 hour, however I only want this to apply to a particular user type…

For instance - I want to execute some logic similar to as follows:




 // if user of this organisation is a admin type do the 4hrs session otherwise 1hr session expiration

 if ( user()->data->organisation->getIsAdmin() ) {

    // set an auto-logout after 4 hours

 } else {

   // set an auto-logout after 1 hour

 }

Can anyone tell me if this is possible?

2

The best method is to put it in WebUser. It looks like you need to override updateAuthStatus().

3

this might lead you in the right direction

http://www.yiiframework.com/wiki/60/