Thread: Accurate Users Online Information

Originally Posted by Defy

Except if you check the remember me button, which keeps you logged in until you clear out browsing data.

You obviously don't know how the "Users Online" statistics are generated...

Here's an example query:
SELECT COUNT(`id`) FROM `members` WHERE `last_visit` > SUB_DATE(NOW(), 5 MINUTES)
Although I believe 5 minutes is typed differently.
i.e. select the number of members who have visited the page in the last 5 minutes.

The "Remember Me" option just changes the expiry of the cookie to a year.
I would hope you have noticed that if you close your browser and open it again, you are still logged in. For the sake of statistics, you are not online during that time your browser is closed, which is why Users Online statistics are not generated that way.