EE still thinks I am logged in after logging out

Question

I have page where the content depends on whether you are logged in or not. This is the tag that I used to check

{if logged_out}
   ...
{if:else}
  ...
{/if} 

However, even if I am logged out, I always get to the second part which is meant for logged in users.

I have cleared the cache from EE and the cookies from my browser. But it did not help.

Which parts of EE should I be looking for to solve this problem?

Some more information

• I am using the url below to log out

  {redirect="?ACT=16&return=/sign-out/"}

• I am using Safecracker Registration. All the kinks with upgrading to 2.7.1 have been worked out.

UPDATE:

I outputted some variables and I got this

logged_in_member_id: 1
logged_in_group_id: 1
logged_in_group_description:
logged_in_username:
logged_in_screen_name:
logged_in_email: 

Another UPDATE:

I have Template A and Template B.

Template A embeds Template B.

I added code to show logged_in status in both Templates

<div>
    {if logged_in}
        LOGGED IN
    {/if}

    {if logged_out}
        LOGGED OUT
    {/if}
</div>

The problem is that in Template A, logged_in is FALSE

but in Template B, logged_in is TRUE

This is weird. So {logged_in} can be changed?

Answer 1

Try:

{redirect="{site_url}?ACT=16&return=/sign-out/"}

The & will probably be treated as part of the string instead of the divider between query strings.

Also try (just to keep it simple):

{redirect="{site_url}?ACT=16"}

Assuming the logout is working and it's the conditional that's at fault, try this conditional instead:

{if logged_out}
   ...
{/if}
{if logged_in}
  ...
{/if}

Answer 2

It's rather strange you're getting different results on different templates.

The overall problem though must have something to do with the parse order, since the {if:else} advanced conditional never really worked for me in EE when applied to a logged_in conditional. You have to consider that an "advanced" conditional is evaluated much later in the parsing order, so it might apply to your situation if it's included inside some {exp} tags.

What version do you have installed? I read that some new parsing rules have been introduced with the latest EE releases. If you have the possibility to update I would do so, otherwise I would stick with:

{if logged_out}
   //DO SOMETHING
{/if}
{if logged_in}
  //DO SOMETHING ELSE
{/if}

You can also give a try to this module: http://devot-ee.com/add-ons/switchee or this one: https://github.com/croxton/ifElse I haven't tested them yet, but apparently they make the advanced conditionals parse earlier in EE templates. Share the results if you happen to try that.