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 server never knows about the user closing their browser. 'sess_expire_on_close' regards whether the user's cookie will be written and re-used when the browser is restarted.

To detect and end session, you'd have to perform a check like outlined in this question: javascript detect browser close tab/close browser

and then perform

$this->session->sess_destroy();

in codeigniter.