[#19521] - Joomla visitors module showing a growing visitors amount.
- Closed
- 1 Feb 2018
- Medium
- Build: 3.8.4
- # 19521
Steps to reproduce the issue
visit the Joomla 3.8.4 site with various browsers the amount of visitors will increase but never drops back.
Php version curently running 7.1.13
I have detected this issue on various recently updated Joomla sites...
Expected result
The visitors amount displayed in the users online module equals the actual sessions open.
Actual result
It seems that the amount of visitors only will increase over time I see numbers of 600+ !
System information (as much as possible)
Php version curently running 7.1.13
installed Joomla version: 3.8.4
Joomla! 3.8.4 Stable [ Amani ] 30-January-2018 15:00 GMT
Database version: 5.5.5-10.0.29-MariaDB-cll-lve
Joomla Platform version: Joomla Platform 13.1.0 Stable [ Curiosity ] 24-Apr-2013 00:00 GMT
Additional comments
A .htaccess construction is inplace to prevent backend visit's.
The issue appears on various templates and sites, also on the Breez3 standard template.
My session tables are growing larger as well...
joomla-cms-bot
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brianteeman
- | Status | New | ⇒ | Closed |
| Closed_Date | 0000-00-00 00:00:00 | ⇒ | 2018-02-01 21:50:03 |
| Closed_By | ⇒ | brianteeman |
If your session handler is database and value of ini_get('session.gc_probability'); is equal to 0 then php won't clear your database table #__session at all.
should be fixed by #19514