Re: Newbie: Ending Sessions

I'm not sure what you mean by the session is still active, but if you mean that the variables still are set to the same values, try moving the session_unregister after the session_unset, but still before the session_destroy. Janet ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lee P Reilly" <lreilly@lanl.gov> To: "PHP List" <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2002 8:58 AM Subject: [PHP] Newbie: Ending Sessions > Hi, > > I wonder if someone could tell me what I am doing wrong with the > following? I am trying to end a session (logout), but am having a > problem... > > > I register a new session as follows: > > authenticate.php (snippet) > ---------------------------- > // if the user has just tried to login > if ($username && $password) > { > // if the user is present in the database, register the username in > the session > if (login($username, $password)==1) > { > $valid_user=$username; > session_register("valid_user"); > } > } > ---------------------------- > ^ This works okay. BTW, session_start() is present - just not shown > above. I then have a hyperlink to a logout function: > > > logout.php (snippet) > ---------------------------- > session_start(); > include("sasdap_fns.php"); > $result = session_unregister("valid_user"); > session_unset(); > session_destroy(); > ---------------------------- > ^ $result always returns "1", but when I return to /reload /refresh the > login screen I see that I am still logged in i.e. the session is still > active. > > Can anyone see a problem anywhere? Thanks very much in advance. > > - Best regards, > > Lee > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >