CodeIgniter how to make a session to close on user browser close

Question

I have disabled "destryo_on_close" in codeIgniter session configuration.

I do not need it very much but for one instance.

I have put "remember me" checkbox for the user login.

As usual, when user logs in I set sessions to keep him logged in. But, if the user uncheck remember me, I have to make $this->session->userdata('email') to be destroyed on user browser close event. CodeIgniter has this option generally for all sessions which I do not want and only need it in the case user unchecks 'remember me' and only for 'email' session.

I'm not sure if it possible to have diffrent configs for an individuel like that, but you should really be using cookies for this. — andershagbard
Sessions only live for the browser session, so when the browser is closed the session is destroyed. It’s cookies that persist, even after the browser has been closed. — Martin Bean
No! CodeIgniter uses cookies for sessioning and that's why it gives you the ability to hold them as long as you need. — user2739275

ltdev ltdev · Accepted Answer · 2013-12-29T14:50:15

Not sure I undertand, but how about unsetting the data you need? take a look here on Removing Session Data

EDIT: I don't know how your code structure is, but maybe something like this would work:

if($this->input->post('remember_me') == 1){
    // user has clicked 'remember me'
    // your code here ... 
} else {
    // user has not clicked remember me
    $this->config->set_item('sess_expire_on_close', true);
}

I haven't tested though to see if it works, but if you read here, you can set or change the config values as you need.

CodeIgniter how to make a session to close on user browser close

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