Re: how to kill a session by closing window or tab clicking on X?

On 27 Oct 2008, at 14:10, Afan Pasalic wrote:

I'm sorry for posting this more javascript then php question, but it's somehow php related. here is the issue: very often people close the window/tab without logging out. I need solution how to "recognize" when [x] is clicked (or File >> Close) and kill the session before the window/tab is closed. few years ago, before firefox and tabs, I solved this by javascript and onClose() as a part of body tag. now, it doesn't work anymore. any suggestion/opinion/experience?

That event should still fire regardless of whether it's a window, tab or iframe. It refers to the page closing, not the window. However, any event that fires when the user leaves a page (either by clicking on a link or closing the window) is likely to be prevented by popup blockers, so you can't rely on it working at all. A sensible session timeout is the only real solution to this "issue", possibly aided by a periodic keepalive request. -Stut -- http://stut.net/