I have tested this with all kind of browsers on WIndows, and to make a clean
cut I had to do so..


"Jason Sheets" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Instead of doing a foreach to unset your session variables you can use
> session_unset(); which will unset all your session variables for you.
>
> Additionally if you are wanting to remove a cookie from a visitor's
> browser you should use setcookie, not unset $_COOKIE, $_COOKIE allows
> you to access the value of a cookie but not set or alter the contents of
> the actual cookie.
>
> The manual page for session_unset is
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-unset.php
>
> The manual page for setcookie is
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php
>
> Also once you have executed session_destroy you have deleted the session
> information from the server, if you delete the sessionid cookie from the
> browser they will get a new session id the next time a session is
> started, there is no need to immediatly start and destroy another
> session.
>
> If you do not care if a user gets a new session id the next time they
> visit your site you do not necessarily have to worry about deleting the
> sessionid cookie as the data is already destroyed and the cookie will be
> deleted when they close their browser (if cookie life is 0) or when the
> cookie lifetime expires.
>
> Most if not all of this information is available from the PHP manual at
> http://www.php.net/manual
>
> Jason
>
> On Wed, 2003-01-01 at 10:56, David Tandberg-Johansen wrote:
> > [CUT]
> >
> > I am using SESSION on al my secure projects
> > I use a file structur as this:
> > (loginform) -> logincheck.php (if not ok->back2login | if ok (start an
> > session)(forward to the secure pages))
> >
> > When the user logs out:
> > (securepages)->logout.php:
> > <?PHP
> > //go through all the session array an unregister the varname
> > foreach($_SESSION as $key=>$val){
> >     session_unregister("$key");
> > }
> > // We destroys the session
> > session_destroy();
> >
> > //if there are an cookie vith the session name we have to unset it
> > //so the browser doesn't hvae the information
> > if(isset($_COOKIE[session_name()])){
> >     // To delete the old cookie
> >     unset($_COOKIE[session_name()]);
> > }
> > //we starts an new session
> > session_start();
> > //and we destroys it again
> > session_destroy();
> > //Now there are an new session cookie in the browser,
> > //and if the user try go back there are no data stored in the session
> >
> > //we forward the user to an unsecure public page
> > header("Location: ./unsecurepublicpage.php");
> > ?>
> >
> >
> >
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