[Resolved] Timer & Auto Logout

[DeadFly]

Hey,

Is there a way I could set some sort of timer that when a user is idle on a specific page for a certain amount of time, it autologs them out, as a security feature.

I don't think this would be available by using just PHP, so I thought I might ask for some direction as to what people might have for ideas.

Thanks

[planetsim]

This has actually been asked before. However you'd require javascript however the problem with that is Javascript should never be trusted as not all browsers have this on.

You should probably do a search im pretty sure there are answers on the board

[DeadFly]

Thanks alot.
That atleast gives me some direction.

Is there any way to do it without Javascript (its my coding weakness) ?

[kenle]

Yes, sure you can do it with PHP.

What you need to do is to have a field called "lastaction" which store the last UNIX time stamp that the user has been used the site. This field should be updated every time the user do any activities on the site.

Then do the calculation between the current time stamp (use time() function) and the lastaction value. If the time difference (in seconds) is greater than the timeout value you configured, you should clear all the cookies and delete any sessions and this should log the current user out.

[DeadFly]

That's an awesome idea.
Thanks !