Problem with logout page

[Awestruck]

I get this error message when trying to logout:

Parse error: in C:\xampp\htdocs\login\logout.php on line 12
I can't see the error, I would appreciate your help.
The logout page code is given below (I have indicated which is line 12):

<?php
session_start();//access the current session.                  

// if no session variable exists then redirect the user
if (!isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {        

header("location:index.php");
exit();
//cancel the session and redirect the user:
}else{ //cancel the session
    $_SESSION = array(); // Destroy the variables
	$params = session_get_cookie_params();
	// Destroy the cookie
	Setcookie(session_name(), ' ', time() – 42000, [B]//This line 12[/B]
	$params["path"], $params["domain"],
	$params["secure"], $params["httponly"]);
if (session_status() == PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) { 
session_destroy(); } // Destroy the session itself
header("location:index.php");
	}

[Weedpacket]

You're missing a closing parenthesis.

[NogDog]

Nope, problem is that you used an en-dash instead of a normal hyphen as the subtraction operator.

Tricky one to see, but I narrowed it down after some reformatting.

<?php
session_start();//access the current session.                  

// if no session variable exists then redirect the user
if (!isset($_SESSION['user_id'])) {        

    header("location:index.php");
    exit();
    //cancel the session and redirect the user:
} else { //cancel the session
    $_SESSION = array(); // Destroy the variables
    $params = session_get_cookie_params();
    // Destroy the cookie
    Setcookie(
        session_name(), 
        ' ', 
        time() - 42000, // changed to hyphen <<<<<
        $params["path"], 
        $params["domain"],
        $params["secure"], 
        $params["httponly"]
    );
    if (session_status() == PHP_SESSION_ACTIVE) { 
        session_destroy(); 
    } // Destroy the session itself
    header("location:index.php");
} 

[Weedpacket]

Ah; thrown off by the grotty formatting.

[Awestruck]

Thank you Weedpacket and NogDog

Sorry about the formatting.

I substituted NogDog's code and tried again, but sadly I still get the same error message re line 12.
I suspect there is another fault lurking in there somewhere.

[NogDog]

What are you using as your code editor? If it's some sort of text/document editor, it may be changing space-hyphen-space to space-endash-space (which is one reason you want to use a code editor, not a text/document editor, although in that case I'd expect it to mess with your quotes, as well. shrug ). I linted my code with [FONT=Courier New]php -l[/FONT] before posting here, and it found no errors.

[Awestruck]

I am using MS Expression Web 4 and sometimes Notepad++

I shut down the computer and did some shopping. When I switched on later, logged in, then tried to logout, it worked!

Probably something to do with the browser's cache?

Many thanks to both of you. Keep up the good work.

[dalecosp]

NogDog;11063915 wrote:

I linted my code with [FONT=Courier New]php -l[/FONT] before posting here, and it found no errors.

Ladies & Gentlemen, a man among men. 😉 😃

[cluelessPHP]

dalecosp;11063923 wrote:

Ladies & Gentlemen, a man among men. 😉 😃

Are you sure you're in the right place? :p

I'll go sit in the corner again...