My php website flows like this:
Use session_unset(). Like this:
<?php session_start(); ?><!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<?php
$_SESSION["variabletounset"] = "I am going to be unset soon along with all of the other session variables.";
print '<pre>' . "\n";
print_r($_SESSION);
print ' </pre>' . "\n";
session_unset();
print ' <pre>' . "\n";
print_r($_SESSION);
print ' </pre>' . "\n";
?>
</body>
</html>
This would output:
Array
(
variabletounset => I am going to be unset soon along with all of the other session variables.
)
Array
(
)
From the documentation:
If $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS for PHP 4.0.6 or less) is used,
use unset() to unregister a session variable, i.e. unset ($_SESSION['varname']);
And take care about session_destroy:
session_destroy destroys all of the data associated with the current session. It does not unset any of the global variables associated with the session
Only use session_unset() for older deprecated code that does not use $_SESSION.
see session_destroy manual
example you can try and see how it works
session.php
<?php
session_start();
$_SESSION = array('session1'=>1,'session2'=>2);
echo $_SESSION['session1']; //1
$_SESSION['session1'] = 3;
echo "<pre>";
print_r($_SESSION); //session one now updated to 3
echo "</pre>";
$_SESSION = array();
if ($_SESSION['session1']) {
echo $_SESSION['session1']; // IS NOW EMPTY
} else {
echo "woops... nothing found";
}
?>
<p>
<a href="destroyed.php">NOW GOING TO DESTROYED PHP<a/>
</p>
<?php
session_destroy();
?>
destroyed.php
<?php
session_start(); // calling session start first on destroyed.php
print_r($_SESSION); // prints Array ( )
?>