[RESOLVED] Logout script suddenly won't work on Mac?

steveday21

Hi,

This has really stumped me and I'm going a little crazy. Thank you to anyone that can help.

I've recently moved over from a PC to a Mac at home but still use a PC at work and have found that on my Mac my logout script won't work?

I've put the code below and this is fine on the PC, am I missing something about the way cookies behave in Safari or on Mac?

This php script is called from a link and should go back to the index page where the check for isLoggedIn should fail and show the login form. However, it is behaving as if the user is still logged in and showing the first page a logged in user sees.

<?php
session_start();
if (session_unregister('loginid') == true && session_unregister('username')==true ) {
session_destroy();
header('Location: index.php');
} else {
unset($SESSION['loginid']);
unset($SESSION['username']);
session_destroy();
header('Location: index.php');
}
?>

Why is this - is it something in my script or should I be looking to the settings on the machine?

dagon

session_destroy() page in the manual has some variations you can try.

NogDog

I've found that it often helps to do a session_write_close() just before the Location header() to ensure the session changes are applied before the header redirect is sent. The link Dagon pointed out will also show how to unset the session cookie, which is probably a good idea, too.

Ashley_Sheridan

Burn the Mac and stick to a PC, they're cheaper anyway!

Are you certain you didn't tick anything in Safari that is triggering it to automatically log you back in? I don't use Safari (can't get it to install on Linux) but it sounds like the sort of 'helpful' features I would expect from the same company that owns iTunes and QuickTime :-/

steveday21

Thank you all for your posts. In a really embarrasing moment I suddenly realised I'd done something very basic and very stupid. Sorry to waste your time.