3 easy but vital things about Sessions in AJAX Apps.
// It is VERY important to include a Period if using
// a whole domain. (.yourdomain.com)
// It is VERY important to set the root path your session will always
// operate in... (/members) will ensure sessions will NOT be interfered
// with a session with a path of say (/admin) ... so you can log in
// as /admin and as /members... NEVER do unset($_SESSION)
// $_SESSION=array(); is preferred, session_unset(); session_destroy();session_set_cookie_params(0,'/members','.yourdomain.com',0,1);session_start();$_SESSION= array();session_unset();session_destroy();session_set_cookie_params(0,'/members','.yourdomain.com',0,1);session_start();$_SESSION['whatever'] ='youwhat';// session destroying
// To be safe, clear out your $_SESSION array
// Next, what most people do NOT do is delete the session cookie!
// It is easy to delete a cookie by expiring it long before the current time.
// The ONLY WAY to delete a cookie, is to make sure ALL parameters match the
// cookie to be deleted...which is easy to get those params with
// session_get_cookie_params()...
// FInally, use session_unset(); and session_destroy(); in this order to ensure
// Chrome, IE, Firefox and others, are properly destroying the session.$_SESSION= array();
if (ini_get('session.use_cookies'))
{$p=session_get_cookie_params();setcookie(session_name(),'',time() -31536000,$p['path'],$p['domain'],$p['secure'],$p['httponly']);
}session_unset();session_destroy();// AJAX and SESSIONS.
// Example... you start a session based PHP page, which then calls an Ajax (XMLHTTP) authenticated
// using the SAME SESSION to Poll and output the data, for example. But, you notice when you
// try to start the Polling AJAX call always HANGS and seems to hang at the session_start().
// This is because the session is opened in the first page, calls the AJAX polling example, and
// tries to open the same session (for authentication) and do the AJAX call, you MUST call
// session_write_close(); meaning you are done writing to the $_SESSION variable, which really
// represents a file that must be CLOSED with session_write_close();....
// THAN you can call your AJAX Polling code to reopen the same session and do its polling...
// Normally, the $_SESSION is closed automatically when the script is closed or finished executing
// So, if you need to keep a PHP page running after opening a SESSION, simply close it when finished
// writing to $_SESSION so the AJAX polling page can authenticate and use the same session in a
// seperate web page...session_write_close();?>
Hope this helps someone with their sessions...
Thanks.