quit command wont run on close window

[AJBarnesy]

hey can anyone help me?

i got the quit_on_closedwindow param as true; but it still doesnt work, ive cleared the cache and reopened window and retried but it just wont run the quit script when i close the window.. and im using IE7 btw

can anyone help me fix the problem?

[OldWolf]

quit_on_closedwindow isn't very reliable to be honest. It's based on some sometimes iffy javascript, I'm not really that surprised it doesn't work. Keep in mind even without it the user will still eventually timeout... it will just take a little longer.

[AJBarnesy]

well then is it at all possible that when they close the window and come back in they can continue chatting with their nickname.
cause when you close the window and come back in it says your nickname is taken when infact no-ones using it.

[phpfreechat]

Yes you have to wait for the timeout before coming back. Because if quit_on_closedwindow doesn't work (it's the cas on firefox I think), the only way to disconnect a user is to wait for the timeout.

[OldWolf]

And to be clear, this isn't a flaw with phpfreechat, but just how things work with browsers and the languages used.

Essentially when they close the window, their session data is cleared on the user's end. Meanwhile, the ajax calls stop repeating, so the server receives no more "I'm still here" messages, and the chat keeps them alive long enough to see if they're just experiencing a slow connection. Once the timeout parameter is hit, it determines them to be actually gone and clears their data on the server's end.

You can adjust the timeout parameter to be a smaller number if you like, but really the best bet is for them to just not close and reopen the chat right away.