I am trying to call a php script which destroys session and reload a page after it.
$(document).bind("active.idleTimer", function(){
$.post("data.php?data=active");
location.reload();
});
data.php
if($_GET['data'] == 'active') {
session_destroy();
}
It does not destroy the session, only if I manually open the url data.php?data=active it does, why is that? Thanks!
The problem is that the script you send the request to is using its own session. So, the user has a session, which is different from the session you send the "refresh idle state" request.
One solution would be to just start a timer using javascript and when that timer runs out, just refresh the page.
That's why it only works when you actually access the data.php page.
If you want to use the data stored in the $_SESSION array, you need to start or resume the existing session using session_start(). In your data.php, try this:
if($_GET['data'] == 'active') {
session_start();
session_destroy();
}
Please, take in consideration that session_start() should be used before you send any output to the client.
Hope it helps!
Modified:
$.post("data.php", {data: active}, function(whatever){}
and in your php file use:
$_POST['data'];
POST requests, URL parameters can be read from $_GET.
