How to clear a PHP session using Jquery/Javascript?

Question

Just want to ask if is it possible to clear a PHP session using a jquery or javascript process? Because what I want to do is to clear the PHP session using a dialog box. If

Answer 1

There is a way you can do it directly from javascript... first you have to declare a function that clears a cookie by its key

function removeCookie(cookieName)
{
    cookieValue = "";
    cookieLifetime = -1;
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(cookieLifetime*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    document.cookie = cookieName+"="+JSON.stringify(cookieValue)+expires+"; path=/";
}

Now all you have to do is to remove a cookie with the key "PHPSESSID" like this

removeCookie("PHPSESSID");

Now when you var_dump($_SESSION) you find it empty array