php session vars remian after regeneration between pages - php

Question

So, i ve been trying to regenerate session ids in my page, if someone logs in or logs out. I run this code:
public static function regenerateSession() {
$_SESSION = array();
session_regenerate_id( true );
return true;
}
in a script called by ajax. i log the session vars in every step, and indeed, the session id changes and the $_SESSION array empties. i then, on the same page i load some new variables to the $_SESSION under the new session id, echo something and then the script ends.
Upon success, the javascript getting the echo of this php script, redirects to another page, where i log the session vars as well. after session_start() on the new page, i get in my logs, that the session, has the indeed the new id after regeneration, the new variables i assigned after the regeneration, but also the session variables of the previous session with their previous values!
i checked my php.ini and my session.cookie_secure is commented out. i uncommented it, i changed it to 0, restarted apache and yet nothing new. Does anyone have any idea about what am i doing wrong?
update 1:
i tried this code as well:
public static function regenerateSession() {
$_SESSION = array();
setcookie(session_name(), '', time() - 42000);
session_regenerate_id( true );
return true;
}
but with the same effect...
update 2
i also tried:
public static function regenerateSession() {
$_SESSION = array();
session_unset();
setcookie(session_name(), '', time() - 42000);
session_regenerate_id( true );
return true;
}
but still nothing
update 3
i also tried:
public static function regenerateSession() {
setcookie(session_name(), '', time() - 42000);
session_destroy();
$_SESSION = array();
session_start();
session_regenerate_id( true );
return true;
}
nothing. the old values are still kept along side the new ones

Answer 1

Taking a guess, the browser sends both sessions cookies and PHP just merges both found sessions together?
The best way would be to set the old session cookie to a zero lifetime such that the client deletes the cookie and does not send it again.
Destroy the session if needed, but you need to do all three things if you want to remove the session completely
Remove cookie setcookie(session_name(), '', time() - 42000);
Destroy session session_destroy();
Empty session vars $_SESSION = array();
Start a new session session_start();
Also take a look at this answer to a similar question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/758825/1234469