Posted by Toby A Inkster on 01/23/08 10:08

Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> Pankaj wrote:
>
>> I cannot rely on the session file created when I start a session
>> because if a user closes the browser window without logging out, I
>> should be able to mark that session as closed.
>
> I still don't understand why you're going through all this trouble. Why
> aren't you just storing the data in the session itself? That's what
> it's there for.

Indeed. PHP tidies up session files after a specified period of inactivity
in much the same way as he's described his own code doing.

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http://tobyinkster.co.uk/blog/2008/01/22/css-compile/

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