Re: how can I logout autamaitcally (using session)

Thanks a lot. Ye, I am using Apache. So how can I set when the session expires? I should just set the "session.gc_maxlifetime" item in php.ini file or I should write my program? thanks!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kris Yates" <kris@2binteractive.com> To: "sunwei" <sunwei@stat.ucla.edu> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:30 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] how can I logout autamaitcally (using session) > I presume you are running Apache. Apache cannot detect a browser > closing. The user would have to click a logout button, which would > execute session destroy or whatever and redirect them to another page. > That is what I do. My server is set to expire sessions after one hour. > So, if a user just closes the browser, it will eventually be deleted > automatically by Apache. > > HTH > > Kris > > sunwei wrote: > > >when the user close all the IE windows, should the session be destroyed autamatically? > >it seems in my website, the session is not destroyed autamatically, so that other people > >open the IE and see that he can access the website without logging in. so what I should do? > > > >thanks a lot for any help or suggestion. > > > >wei sun > > > > > >