Tracking users on the site

[Christopher Seymour]

Hi All,
I have a client who wants a feature where you can keep a "buddy list" of
registered users to their site and have a section that will tell you
when your buddies are on the site. I have set up a table in my db to
track when people login (that's the easy part), what I am not sure about
is how can I tell when some exits the site, if everyone would log out it
would be simple :)

Anyone do anything like this ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers.

Chris

[Christopher Seymour]

BTW, I am using PHP on a Linux server.

Thanks.
Chris
Christopher Seymour wrote:

> Hi All,
> I have a client who wants a feature where you can keep a "buddy list" of
> registered users to their site and have a section that will tell you
> when your buddies are on the site. I have set up a table in my db to
> track when people login (that's the easy part), what I am not sure about
> is how can I tell when some exits the site, if everyone would log out it
> would be simple :)
>
> Anyone do anything like this ? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Chris
>
>

[Piers 2k]

Have a search on the Exchange for a Server Behaviour called 'Show If Logged
In'. Put your buddy list and so on inside this, and set it to filter by the
currently logged in user. The list will only show a logged in users buddies.

HTH
Piers

[Chris Seymour]

Thanks Piers,
That part I have. What I am concerned about is what happens if I log
into my site then just shut down my browser? Will I forever be shown as
logged in? I may have to check to see if I can tell what sessions are
valid?

Thanks for your response.

Cheers.

Chris
Piers 2k wrote:

> Have a search on the Exchange for a Server Behaviour called 'Show If Logged
> In'. Put your buddy list and so on inside this, and set it to filter by the
> currently logged in user. The list will only show a logged in users buddies.
>
> HTH
> Piers
>