Re: Front Page User Logout

* Thus wrote John W. Holmes (holmes072000@charter.net): > John Welty wrote: > > >I'm only accessing the result of the user logging in through > >$GLOBALS["PHP_AUTH_USER"] > > > >I've tried unsetting that but it doesn't change anything. The only thing > >that logs a user out is them closing their browser and reopening it. I'd > >like a user to be able to switch usernames by clicking a link that would > >accomplish the same thing that closing the browser does. Perhaps I need > >clientside scripting for this? > > There's no way to log out of Basic Authentication except by closing your > browser. There is one trick you can try, though. You can provide a link > to your side with a bad username and password, which will fail > authentication, and then redirect them back to the login page (assuming > that's what your application does). Have a "logout" link that points to > something like http://baduser:badpassword@www.yourdomain.com just to not frighten some end users (due to some browsers warning about sending a password) mabey use: http://user:logout@www.yourdomain.com/ That way the user can deduct at what it is doing and not worry about sending it. .0125 Curt -- "I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure."