Barry, Did you try to use setcookie with expiry date in the past? You could use setcookie before header function of the following manner. session_start(); if (!(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username'] != '')) { setcookie("session","session id", 1); header ("Location: login.html"); } Best regards, Luiz Alberto On Fri, 2010-05-14 at 17:47 +0100, Barry Zimmerman wrote: > I have a problem with my system, not sure how I can fix this one. A user has > a log in page and takes them to different pages, now each of these pages has > a check to make sure they are logged in with the following code: > > session_start(); > if (!(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username'] != '')) { > header ("Location: login.html"); > exit; > } > > So if they are not logged in it redirects them to the log in page. No > problems there. > > Now if a user is not logged in and comes back to that page, it starts the > session so giving them a session id and redirects them back to thge login > page. The problem I have is I do NOT want the session to start, I need them > to hit the log in page with no sessions there. I have tried all sorts but > just cannot get this to work. > > I have tried adding this to the code. > > session_start(); > if (!(isset($_SESSION['username']) && $_SESSION['username'] != '')) { > *session_destroy();* > header ("Location: login.html"); > exit; > } > > But that did not work? Please I am stuck for ideas?