End of a user's session

Miguel has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

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Re: End of a user's session by sgifford (Prior) on Dec 20, 2004 at 01:43 UTC
Perl and the CGI module don't have a builtin concept of sessions like ASP does. You have to manage the sessions yourself, and so it's fairly easy: when you create a new session run some code, and when you destroy a session run some code. A straightforward and reliable module for managing sessions is CGI::Session.	[reply]
Re^2: End of a user's session by Miguel (Friar) on Dec 20, 2004 at 10:35 UTC
"A straightforward and reliable module for managing sessions is CGI::Session." Indeed. I've been using this module for 2 years now. Unfortunately, I still can't (or don't know how to do it) start some code when a session is destroyed when one user closes his/her browser. On the other hand, I know how to handle $session->delete() and all the functions. Suppose I have a program that writes some info in a txt file, containing the $session->id() and some more stuff. If the user presses the logoff button I delete that file. But if the user closes his/her browser's window... the connection with the program is closed and the session is destroyed, but the file remains intact. How can I delete a temporary file associated with a user's session ID when he/she closes his/her browser?	[reply]
Re^3: End of a user's session by Thilosophy (Curate) on Dec 20, 2004 at 11:28 UTC
How can I delete a temporary file associated with a user's session ID when he/she closes his/her browser? It is very difficult (impossible?) to do that in a reliable way. If the temporary files (or database entries, or whatever you use for session tracking) start to bother you, you should set a session timeout. If you do not hear from the user for, say, two hours, delete the file. Can be done with a cron job.	[reply]
Re^4: End of a user's session by Joost (Canon) on Dec 20, 2004 at 20:34 UTC
Re^3: End of a user's session by Joost (Canon) on Dec 20, 2004 at 20:41 UTC
How can I delete a temporary file associated with a user's session ID when he/she closes his/her browser? You can't See my comments elsewhere in the thread. but you can run some code every minute or so that checks for sessions that are timed out. I think that with CGI::Session, the exact way to detect which sessions are timed out is dependent on the driver. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: End of a user's session by sasikumar (Monk) on Dec 20, 2004 at 05:42 UTC
Hi If your are sure u would use the apache and mod_cgi try using the following module http://search.cpan.org/~jbaker/Apache-Session-1.6/Session.pm Thanks Sasi Kumar	[reply]
Re: End of a user's session by Arunbear (Prior) on Dec 20, 2004 at 12:15 UTC
The Apache::ASP framework allows you to handle events such as application/session start/end, but requires mod_perl.	[reply]
Re^2: End of a user's session by Miguel (Friar) on Dec 20, 2004 at 12:29 UTC
I was afraid of that answer ;-)	[reply]
Re: End of a user's session by sauoq (Abbot) on Dec 20, 2004 at 01:37 UTC
My question is as simples as: is there any way to do this in Perl and Apache with mod_CGI? My answer is as simple as: yes. -sauoq "My two cents aren't worth a dime.";	[reply]