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Description

Purge old sessions

Syntax

purge($maxLifetime=1440)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$maxLifetime	1440	Session age in seconds

Returns

mixed Resource on success, null on fail

Defined in

libraries/joomla/database/table/session.php

Importing

jimport( 'joomla.database.table.session' );

Source Body

function purge($maxLifetime = 1440)
{
        $past = time() - $maxLifetime;
        $query = 'DELETE FROM '. $this->_tbl .' WHERE (time < \''. (int) $past .'\')'; // Index on 'VARCHAR'
        $this->_db->setQuery($query);

        return $this->_db->query();
}