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"Users browsing this forum" question

by Me, Grimlock! » Wed Jul 18, 2007 1:14 pm

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How does PHP BB know who's browsing? Or, more accurately, who's still browsing?

It's easy enough to know who is visiting a certain forum: whatever usernames load the page. But how does it know when someone leaves? I suppose if someone visits another part of the site. But how does it know when someone just shuts down their browser or goes elsewhere on the web? Does it take their name off after X minutes of inactivity?

Always wondered this.

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by Jeep? » Wed Jul 18, 2007 5:05 pm

Grim, you have too much free time on your hands.

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by Me, Grimlock! » Thu Jul 19, 2007 7:42 am

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Yes. Yes, I do.

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by tequila stu » Thu Jul 19, 2007 11:49 am

Me, Grimlock! wrote:Yes. Yes, I do.

well put something else in your hands then :grin:

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by Me, Grimlock! » Thu Jul 19, 2007 9:23 pm

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tequila stu wrote:well put something else in your hands then

I think this is going to have to occupy both my brain cells for the time being.

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