Genesis Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 What I want to do is send a query to a database that will cause a user to be logged out after 15 minutes of the script being executed. When the user loads a page, it sets \"available\" to 1 in the database, for that user. Fifteen minutes later, that user\'s \"available\" field should be set to 0 AUTOMATICALLY. If the page is refreshed again before that time, the timer should be reset to 15 minutes. How might I go about doing this? Or is there another way to get this effect without having to delay the execution of a query? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1327-logging-a-user-out-after-15-minutes-of-inactivity/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 use javascript. make a coutdown type clock. in each body tag put an onload event that sets the clock back to 15. have an if statement setup within the clock that says when it hits 0 to go to index.php?logout=yes, for example, where the cookie/session is terminated. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1327-logging-a-user-out-after-15-minutes-of-inactivity/#findComment-4413 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted November 10, 2003 Author Share Posted November 10, 2003 awesome. For some reason I never considered using JS. Thanks a bunch Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1327-logging-a-user-out-after-15-minutes-of-inactivity/#findComment-4432 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genesis Posted November 10, 2003 Author Share Posted November 10, 2003 Err, hmm. actually, would that work if they closed the browser or navigated away? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1327-logging-a-user-out-after-15-minutes-of-inactivity/#findComment-4433 Share on other sites More sharing options...
effigy Posted November 11, 2003 Share Posted November 11, 2003 are you using sessions or cookies? honesty, i don\'t think you need a database field to control this. when the counter hits 0 void the cookie or destory the session. Err, hmm. actually, would that work if they closed the browser or navigated away? if you are using cookies, yes, if it is set with no time limit (i.e., void when the brower is closed). if you are using sessions, yes, in theory. the session still exists on the server until its life expires (this is set in the php.ini). however, when they close the browser they will terminate that link. navigating away--i\'m not sure. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/1327-logging-a-user-out-after-15-minutes-of-inactivity/#findComment-4434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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