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Re: Capture logoff on browser close [message #169758 is a reply to message #169750]

Fri, 24 September 2010 21:13

me
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On 9/24/2010 11:46 AM, matt wrote:
> On Sep 24, 8:50 am, Bill Braun<m...@privacy.net> wrote:
>> I would like to update a mysql record with a logoff time if the user
>> fails to affirmatively logoff and only closes the browser. My research
>> indicates this is fluky, unreliable, difficult, impossible, or all of
>> the above. Any practices you know of that may improve the chances of
>> capturing such a log off time?
>>
>> Bill B
>
> This is true, but this is not the right place to ask for support.
> There's no persistent connection between PHP and your client's
> browser, so there's no way to communicate a browser close event unless
> something is generated client-side. Same thing with Alvaro's ping
> suggestions. I'd try an AJAX or JavaScript group. They should be
> able to give you information that's more likely to be reliable across
> a variety of browsers.
>
> For example, how can you tell I closed the browser when my browser is
> Lynx? :)

Thank you, Matt. I'm new to this, and while I realize there is a clean
distinction between PHP and MySQL, I do not always know where one stops
and the other starts in practice. I had assumed that this would have
been associated in some way with the session closing, and was thus in
the ballpark of PHP. Good to know, thanks again.

Bill B

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		Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Fri, 24 September 2010 12:50
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Fri, 24 September 2010 12:58
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: MikeB on Fri, 24 September 2010 15:16
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: Michael Vilain on Fri, 24 September 2010 18:18
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: matt[1] on Fri, 24 September 2010 15:46
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Fri, 24 September 2010 21:13
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: Peter H. Coffin on Fri, 24 September 2010 23:55
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: gordonb.bwdc2 on Fri, 24 September 2010 22:27
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Sat, 25 September 2010 10:26
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: rf on Sat, 25 September 2010 00:16

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