How can the session timeout duration be adjusted in the PHP.ini file to ensure sessions last for a specific period, such as 8 hours?

To adjust the session timeout duration in the PHP.ini file to ensure sessions last for a specific period, such as 8 hours, you can modify the "session.gc_maxlifetime" directive in the PHP configuration file. This directive sets the number of seconds after which data will be seen as 'garbage' and potentially cleaned up. By setting this value to the desired duration in seconds (in this case, 8 hours would be 28800 seconds), you can make sessions last for the specified period.

// Set session timeout duration to 8 hours (28800 seconds)
ini_set('session.gc_maxlifetime', 28800);