How to increase the session timeout in Symfony

For Symfony 2.0.x

framework:    session:        lifetime: 43200  #time in seconds

For Symfony >= 2.1.0

framework:    session:        cookie_lifetime: 43200  #time in seconds

session symfony symfony1 timeout

for sf1.0:

Change the value in apps/appname/config/settings.yml:

all:  .settings:    timeout:    1800 #session lifetime value in seconds

for sf1.1+:

Add these lines to apps/appname/config/factories.yml:

user:  class: myUser  param:    timeout:    1800 #session lifetime value in seconds

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