diff --git a/.htaccess b/.htaccess
index 7e0d99a94c715bd1890f0a73b7f4c135a3c31f81..9a69c7655638293c947c4766136618c440128320 100644
--- a/.htaccess
+++ b/.htaccess
@@ -27,3 +27,8 @@ ErrorDocument 402 /error.php
 ErrorDocument 403 /error.php
 ErrorDocument 404 /error.php
 ErrorDocument 500 /error.php
+
+# PHP settings
+php_value session.cookie_lifetime 1728000
+php_value session.gc_maxlifetime  1728000
+php_value session.name            DROPID