session isnt getting destroyed

[Philly100000]

PHP Code:

$errorMsg = "";
session_start();
setcookie("id", '', time()-3600*24*730, "/");
setcookie("idx", '', time()-3600*24*730, "/");
setcookie("username", '', time()-3600*24*730, "/");
setcookie("useremail", '', time()-3600*24*730, "/");
setcookie("userpass", '', time()-3600*24*730, "/");
setcookie("accounttype", '', time()-3600*24*730, "/");
session_destroy();
sleep(3); 
if(!isset($_SESSION['id'])){
    header("location: index.php");
    exit();
} else {
    $errorMsg = "Logout Error";
} 


When I try to logout it doesn't let me, it removes the cookies, the but session_destroy doesnt seem to get destroyed and I'm still logged in. The Logout Error message is displaying.

[fredrikrob]

Hi,

I am not an expert in php but i am learning php for last 4 months and have practiced many times on session's and cookies. As i have gone through your code i have seen that you are not creating session variable but instead your are creating cookies which cannot be deleted by session_destroy() method. As of this code you don't have any session variable so the condition is not getting satisfied and you are getting Logout error message.

Instead of setcookies() you must use $_SESSION["id"]=$anyvariable; to get it worked. Hope it will help you. And no doubt i might be wrong but i am sure that i am not.

[tangoforce]

Try using unset():

PHP Code:

unset($_SESSION);
session_destroy(); 


[Philly100000]

Originally Posted by tangoforce

Try using unset():

PHP Code:

unset($_SESSION);
session_destroy(); 


The unset before the session_destroy fixed the problem, many thanks!