[FX.php List] Strange session variable behavior

[DC]

this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=session+variable+browser+close+PHP 
+tutorial&btnG=Search&hl=en&safe=off

resulted in this:

http://devzone.zend.com/node/view/id/1312

dan


On Apr 1, 2007, at 11:44 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I'm writing a site where I'm using a session variable to login  
> users and either allow or deny access to certain pages in the site.
>
> When I come back to the site, after closing my browser, my session  
> variables are still set; I thought that closing my browser killed  
> any session variables--isn't this the case?
>
> If so, then why doesn't my session variable get dumped when I close  
> my browser? For that matter, when I went to a 2nd browser  
> (Firefox), I was STILL able to retrieve the session variable...
>
> Correct me here if I'm wrong; should I not be able to close my  
> browser to close out any session?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bob Patin
> Longterm Solutions
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