Re: Clearing session

On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 14:47 -0500, Larry Martell wrote: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:39 PM, Ashley Sheridan > <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > > On Wed, 2014-02-26 at 14:33 -0500, Larry Martell wrote: > >> Is there a way I can clear my session data from the browser? This is > >> for debugging when I change something. Currently no matter what I do > >> short of exiting the browser, my session data is always retained. This > >> makes testing very cumbersome. > >> > > > > The session data is actually stored on the server, the browser just > > sends a session id in the requests it makes to the server so that the > > server can access the right data. > > > > You could clear the cookie (or URL parameter if you're using that > > method), that contains the session ID, from your browser, or you could > > follow the advice at > > http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.session-destroy.php > > which explains > > in a decent detail exactly how to do what you want. > > Thanks for the reply, but I am aware of all that and I know about > session_destroy. I want to clear the session from the browser not from > the code. Did you even look at the link I posted? The second paragraph quite clearly mentions: "If a cookie is used to propagate the session id (default behavior), then the session cookie must be deleted. setcookie() may be used for that." -- Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk