functions to run when session starts...

Anon

Hi!
Thanx for reading my message !

I would like to know if in PHP we can have as in IIS we have the "global.asa" file. In this file, we have several files:

on_session_end()
on_session_start()
on_application_start()
on_application_end()

Each of this functions is called when a special event occurs (respectively):

when a session starts
when a session ends
when the web site is started
when the web site is stopped

Thanx again.
Filipe Lopes.

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"I would like to know if in PHP we can have as in IIS we have the "global.asa" file"

No.

PHP simply does not have these functions.

PHP runs all scripts a as seperate 'application' so there is no application start and stop.

Session start would be nice but you already knwo when that happens, so why a default function?

The only function that would be nice to have is the session end, or rather, the session-onexpire because sessions never end, they expire or they are terminated manually.

Then again, you don't want to have some big-brother proces checking your sessions every minute to see if they have expired yet, and come to think of it, I can't think of a single thing I'd like to do when a session expires, because all the session data is erased anyway...

eojlin

I do sometimes wish to immediately update (on session end) the variable that holds the people that are currently logged in my website. I may also have a variable that states the number of members who are currently viewing my website in real-time. I think I found a function that can help me do this, but I forgot what that is (and I'm having a hard time to find that function again). If ever you guys find anything, I would really appreciate if you'd also tell me (also If ever I find anything, I'll tell you).
btw, I will be launching my website a couple of weeks from now. I'd be glad if you take a visit at it at, www.biskwit.com
TYIA 😉

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"I do sometimes wish to immediately update (on session end) the variable that holds the people that are currently logged in my website."

sessions don't end, they time-out.
You cannot get a 'realtime' number of visitors, there is always at least 10-20 minutes lag.

If you are absolutely bent on presenting this kind of useless data (nobody cares about it but yourself) then do a search (again 🙂 ) there have been very good explenations of how to get a "who's online" counter, using a few simple database calls.

(but I urge you to reconsider, especially on a new website, nobody cares how many people are viewing it, and there is nothing more emparrasing than visiting a website that says "number of viewers: 1")

A forum, a FAQ, what else do you need?