PHP Session Destroy on Log Out Button

Question

I\'m currently working on a site that has a log-in (username and password) - The password protection is done by the operating system within the web server at folder level ca

Answer 1

The folder being password protected has nothing to do with PHP!

The method being used is called "Basic Authentication". There are no cross-browser ways to "logout" from it, except to ask the user to close and then open their browser...

Here's how you you could do it in PHP instead (fully remove your Apache basic auth in .htaccess or wherever it is first):

login.php:

    

    Username: 

    Password: 


    
    

    

index.php

    
here is my super-secret content
    Click here to log out

    Click here to log in.';
}

logout.php:

Go back';

Obviously this is a very basic implementation. You'd expect the usernames and passwords to be in a database, not as a hardcoded comparison. I'm just trying to give you an idea of how to do the session thing.

Hope this helps you understand what's going on.