Re: Destroying a Session

<john@johnallsopp.co.uk> wrote in message news:50140.82.195.101.197.1093435673.squirrel@www.johnallsopp.co.uk... > >> function clear_orderinfo() { > >> global $_SESSION; > >> unset($_SESSION["orderinfo"]); > >> } > >> > >> However this function doesnt seem to work and the session remains > >> active, is > >> there another way to clear a session? > > I'm not triffically experienced, but I do have notes on the subject. > You're wanting to clear the whole session, right? > > $_SESSION=array(); > session_destroy(); > > For specific variables, try assigning FALSE to it > ($_SESSION['name']=FALSE; or 'unset' works for versions >=4.2.2. > Otherwise > use session_unregister. For me under 4.1.2 I had to set to null. > > HTH > J > > Hi, Thank you for your replies. I am using version 4.3.3 yet unset() doesn't seem to work. To test this I have placed this line of code in my footer.php file that appears at the bottom of every page: echo 'load_orderinfo() = '.load_orderinfo(); Here is the load_orderinfo() function: function load_orderinfo() { global $_SESSION; if (empty($_SESSION["orderinfo"])) { return false; } else { return $_SESSION["orderinfo"]; } } Before the $_SESSION["orderinfo"] is created the output in the footer reads: load_orderinfo() = When it has been created it reads: load_orderinfo() = Object; On the complete_order.php page where I call the clear_orderinfo() function it goes back to: load_orderinfo() = but it on any subsequent page the output returns to: load_orderinfo() = Object; But after calling the clear_orderinfo() function surely the $_SESSION["orderinfo"] should have been destroyed. I hope this makes sense! Thanks for your help