Re: Closing Session (Revisited)

On Thu, 2011-05-05 at 21:41 +1000, Roger Riordan wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:40:06 -0400, ethros@earthlink.net (Ethan Rosenberg) wrote: > ... > >> > > Can you rephrase the question, Ethan, or give more details? From > >> > >the way it sounds, you're concerned that destroying a session will > >> > >have implications for other sessions as well, which is not the case > >> > >(unless all sessions are shared). For example, if you have Chrome, > >> > >Firefox, and Internet Exploder all active, the sessions should be > >> > >different, if even from the very same computer. However, multiple > >> > >tabs in the same browser will generally be the same session (unless > >> > >it's something like Chrome's Incognito feature). > ... > > I have developed a common engine which I use for several different websites. I had been > using PHP 5.2.? and IE6 (yes; I know!), and had been able to have multiple sessions open > at once, displaying the same or different websites, without them interfering with each > other. This was incredibly useful; I could be looking at, or even edit, different parts of > the same, or different, websites simultaneously without any problems. > > But I recently had a hard disk crash and had to re-install all the system software. Now I > have PHP 5.3 and IE 8, and find that if I try to do this the various sessions interfere > with each other. From the above comment I gather that this is because IE 8 combines all > the instances, whereas previously each instance was treated as a different user. > > Is there any simple way to make IE 8 treat each instance as a new user, or should I switch > to Chrome and use the Incognito feature? > > Roger Riordan AM > http://www.corybas.com/ > The Incognito feature wont give you the results you're looking for. >From my experience, the incognito window(s) and tab(s) share the same memory/cookie/session space, which is different from the main window... which means you will run into the same issue. Once you close all your incognito windows/tabs, you will release those cookies/sessions/memory space and if you open a new one afterwards, then you will be fine, but if one tabs stays open, no go :( Have you looked at the http://ca3.php.net/session_name function, and putting that into your site just after your session_start() ? I believe that will fix your issues (as long as your session names are unique), but i am not 100% sure. Steve