User should automatically logout after close browser tab not only browser

Question

I am working on PHP and MySql. I need a feature, when user close browser tab, a user should log out automatically. I have used javascript onbeforeunload event. But it is not working, this event executes for page refresh also.

Here is my sample code,

window.onbeforeunload = function(){
    $.ajax({url: "logout.php", success: true});
    return 'Are you sure ?';
};

Check with this answer : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3888902/javascript-detect-browser-close-tab-close-browser — Ganesh Radhakrishnan, Feb 15 '17 at 13:28

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 15 '17 at 13:35

Idea would to poke the backend every 2 seconds and expire the session when you stop for let's say 5 seconds? This way 3 to 5 seconds after closing the tab session would automatically expire.

setInterval( function() {
  $.get('/poke.php');
}, 2000);

While php side:

// poke.php
$_SESSION['poke'] = time();

// Probably your index.php
if (isset($_SESSION['poke'] && time() - $_SESSION['poke'] > 5) {
   // Do the logout
} else {
  $_SESSION['poke'] = time();
}

User should automatically logout after close browser tab not only browser

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