Re: Clearing session

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Ashley Sheridan <ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk> wrote: > 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." I had read that page before, but I missed the part about the session cookie.