Re: Clearing session

On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Domain nikha.org <mail@nikha.org> wrote: > 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. Thanks for the pointer. For now using the anonymous (or incognito as chrome calls it) window is working for me.