sess_expire_on_close not working

Question

I have a problem..in $config[\'sess_expire_on_close\'] = TRUE; when i close the browser..the session still save in the database. and i can still see the data

Answer 1

The session closing will not erase the data in the database. It basically sets the value for session cookie lifetime to 0, meaning that the browser will delete the cookie when it closes (forcing a new session). The entry in the database table will not be cleaned up until garbage collection gets it, as, by default, there is no way for the browser to make a "callback" to the server to notify that it is closing so as to delete the session record in DB.

For your purposes, you may want to define active users as users with records in DB less than your session lifetime in age.