Icon Menu: Log Out?

[AliGW]

I have an icon menu that has a link to the login page for my members' only area. In the members' only area, there is going to be a matching menu to navigate the secure area. Where on the main site's menu I have the Log In option, I'd like to have Log Out in the members' area. Is it possible to add the logout script to a menu button?

https://www.eastipswichcameraclub.co.uk/

[Pablo]

What you can do is link a dedicated logout page, where you add this script at the start of the page.

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<?php
session_start();
unset($_SESSION['username']);
unset($_SESSION['fullname']);
unset($_SESSION['role']);
?>

[AliGW]

So an empty page with just that code? And do I set that to divert immediately to the index page?

[AliGW]

This works well, however the LoginInfo object still shows me as logged in. Is there something else that we need to do to reset that?

Thanks.

[Pablo]

And do I set that to divert immediately to the index page?

You can use the 'redirect' option in the page properties or use code like this:

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<?php
session_start();
unset($_SESSION['username']);
unset($_SESSION['fullname']);
unset($_SESSION['role']);
header('Location: ./index.html');
exit;
?>

Once you are on a different page, the username value should no longer be valid.

[AliGW]

Yes - as I said, I have that working.

What about the issue with the LoginInfo object still showing me as logged in?

I log out of the members' area and am taken back to the index page - works nicely.
Then I go back to the login page.
Expected: my logininfo object will not show because I am now logged out.
Observed: the logininfo object still shows, even though I am a logged out user.

[Pablo]

Once you are on a different page, the username value should no longer be valid.
It is still shows, then the session variables have not been reset.

[AliGW]

I’ll try clearing cookies again and retest.

[AliGW]

It is still happening, so session cookies are not being cleared. What can I do? It isn't actually logging me out at all.

[Pablo]

Did you add the code at the very top of the page?

[AliGW]

I converted the object to a form. The code is at the very top of the page, yes. I haven't done anything to it. There is no other PHP code on the page.

Do you want a temporary login so you can see the issue?

[AliGW]

Just to say that the timeout logout (after ten minutes) logs the user out completely, so it's just the logout menu item that isn't working.