Re: anyway to do a 'whos online' from session variable?

yea, that will work. however, I was thinking of something a little more dramatic like parsing the /tmp directly, associating ID's, and killing dead sessions etc. "Timothy Hitchens )" <phplists@hitcho.com.au> wrote in message news:004701c2b6a2$2dfeb6a0$0500a8c0@bambino... > Simple create a database table for logins and have a status that you > set to online / offline and last seen could also be added. > > Then it is just a simple SELECT statement. > > If you don't want to use a database you could flock (not perfect) a file > then read in a serialised array and update then write out and unlock. > > > > HiTCHO has Spoken! > Timothy Hitchens (HiTCHO) > tim@hitcho.com.au > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jeff Bluemel [mailto:jeff@domintcom.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, 8 January 2003 9:08 AM > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > Subject: [PHP] anyway to do a 'whos online' from session variable? > > > > > > when a user logs into my system I set a variable > > $_SESSION['username']. now, every page somebody pulls up it > > revalidates their login so somebody cannot get into the > > backend of the system. > > > > now - is there a way I can make a utility that will show me > > the session username's that are in use? it would be useful > > to be able to know who's currently online. this is a website > > that will not be published, and is used for a VERY limited > > number of people. > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > >