Re: Clearing session

Aziz Saleh am Mittwoch, 26. Februar 2014 - 20:58: > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com>wrote: > > > 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. > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > Are you using a custom session handler? You shouldn't have to remove the > cookie. session_destroy should destroy the data from the server (it would > still be the same ID, but the data should not be there after the next > load). For the current load, you can do $_SESSION = array(). Hi Larry, try this: header("Cache-Control: max-age=0") should prevent the caching of your page in developping. If you are finished, set max-age to some decent value. Chears, Niklaus