Can anyone advise whats wrong with this start/destroy session script?

[rich_traff]

Can anyone tell me why the following code isn't working?

 

<?php
//Start session
session_start();


// set timeout period in seconds
$inactive = 600;


// check to see if $_SESSION['timeout'] is set
if(isset($_SESSION['timeout']) ) {
$session_life = time() - $_SESSION['timeout'];
if($session_life > $inactive)
{ session_destroy(); header($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/clientlogin/logout.php"); }
}
$_SESSION['timeout'] = time();


//Check whether the session variable SESS_MEMBER_ID is present or not
if(!isset($_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']) || (trim($_SESSION['SESS_MEMBER_ID']) == '')) {
	header("location: access-denied.php");
	exit();
}
?>

 

Its to log a user out when they've been inactive for a length of time. - the script is working in the fact that after the allotted time the session seems to be destroyed, however - instead of redirecting the user to logout.php it is giving the following error

 

[an error occurred while processing this directive]

 

any advise would be appreciated...

[swisse]

hi rich_traff,

the line:

header($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/clientlogin/logout.php") is missing the code location. That's why it can't redirect to the logout script.

 

swisse

[rich_traff]

Hi Swisse, can you explain what you mean by the code location?

 

i've used this line before to call other files with no problems

($_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']."/clientlogin/logout.php")

 

or are you referring to something else?

 

thanks

[mentalist]

header

[PFMaBiSmAd]

You might have used code like that in an include()/require() statement (which is processed on the server), but $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] is a file system path and cannot be used in a header() redirect AND your header() redirect is also invalid.

 

A header redirect is coded like -

 

header("Location: http://www.example.com/your_path/your_file.php");

 

 

[mentalist]

Are you thinking of $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] and not $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT'] ?

[rich_traff]

Ah right, i see...

 

many thanks, all working fine now