Quick Session Question

[Baez]

After using ignore_user_abort() and the connection is closed by the client, it's impossible to retrieve values from sessions right?

 

If that is the case is there another way to store the session information before the connection is closed so it's still usable after?

 

Thanks

[mikesta707]

Why not just use cookies?

[Baez]

Cookies rely on the client's browser being open like sessions. This is after the client has closed the page and the remainder of the script runs.

[mikesta707]

ahh yes, I see. Well why not store the session array into a variable in your script, like

$sessions = $_SESSION;

 

that way you can use $sessions instead

[Baez]

Yes I've thought of that. However the page will be continuously refreshing every 15 seconds.

 

So my thinking was that if the client closes the page during the refresh, the session data would be lost along with the secondary $sessions array, leaving no data.

 

Is there a way to prevent that, or a certain placement of $sessions = $_SESSION that will stop data loss from happening?