Resetting the session ID.

[Davidc316]

Is there a way that you can generate a new session id on a PHP page (and get rid of the old one)?

My goal is to ensure that the new session ID will be used EVEN IF the user presses the "previous page/back" button on their browser.

Thanks!

[travelbuff]

if you want a new session_id EVERY time the page is loaded then you can use session_destroy() before session_start().

If you only want to start a new session if a certain event has occured, register a session variable when the even occurs:
session_register('new_session');
$new_session = 1

Then:
if ($_SESSION['new_session'] = 1) {
session_destroy() ;
session_start();
} else {
session_start();
}

HTH,