Re: sessions

It's because you are unregistering the valid_user variable, but, the old_user var you defined early on still exists. So, "if (!empty($old_user))" will equal FALSE, giving you the result you are getting. Change it to "if (!empty($valid_user))". Monty > From: linuxgeek23@hotmail.com (Tyler Durdin) > Newsgroups: php.general > Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:33:03 +0000 > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: sessions > > I used this logout page using sessions a while ago and it used to work > great, but now it doesn't work. The only thing i have changed is my version > of php. Can someone take a look and see what i have to change? > > <? > session_start(); > > $old_user = $valid_user; > $result = session_unregister("valid_user"); > session_destroy(); > > ?> > > then a little further down i have this.... > > <php? > if (!empty($old_user)) { > if ($result) { > echo "Logged out.<br>"; > } else { > echo "Could not log you out.<br>"; > } > } else { > echo "You have not logged in; therefore, you cannot logout.<br>"; > } > ?> > It seems to log me out still, but it always gives me the "you have not > logged in; therefor, you cannot logout" message. i also checked it with a > script to see if my original sessions were actually registering and it > seemed that they were. i am stumped. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks. > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx >