Re: session handler auto log out [message #176066 is a reply to message #176059] |
Tue, 22 November 2011 12:18 |
Jerry Stuckle
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On 11/22/2011 6:09 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
> Jerry Stuckle, 2011-11-21 18:46:
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>> On 11/21/2011 9:31 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>>> Jerry Stuckle, 2011-11-21 15:13:
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>>>> On 11/21/2011 9:07 AM, Arno Welzel wrote:
>>>> > DavidB, 2011-11-19 23:49:
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>>>> >> Is there a way to model a session handler to auto logout after a specified
>>>> >> period of time without refreshing the page? Something similar to a bank
>>>> >> website that auto logs me out and redirects me to another page.
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>>>> > If you want to force the client to redirect the user to another page as
>>>> > soon as the session on the *server* times out you must do periodically
>>>> > checks on the client e.g. using AJAX.
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>>>> Which is not what the op wants. But both Denis and myself already
>>>> pointed this out two days ago. What's your point?
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>>> Using AJAX is not "refreshing the page". You just said "needs a request"
>>> and AJAX is a way to do a request.
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>> It is a way which will NOT work.
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> Why?
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Because the AJAX call will reset the session timer, so the session will
never time out.
It also requires javascript running on the client, which may or may not
be the case.
And I did not say "refresh the page". I said "needs a request". I
didn't say what KIND of request.
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