[RESOLVED] How to delete a cookie

MichaelHe

How do I delete a cookie.
Not only deleting it's context but the whole cookie.

I have a script where it checks ifthere are a cookie, so it has to be deleted completelly when I log out.

bogu

MichaelHe wrote:
How do I delete a cookie.
Not only deleting it's context but the whole cookie.

I have a script where it checks ifthere are a cookie, so it has to be deleted completelly when I log out.

setcookie('name','value',(time()-24*3600),'/');

setcookie

MarkR

Basically you have to set the cookie with a expiry date in the past. This does the trick.

As it needs to be in the past, I normally use a constant date:

	$expiry = gmmktime(0,0,0, // hms
		1, // month
		1, // day
		2005 // year
		);
	setcookie(AUTH_COOKIE_NAME, 'Delete', 
		$expiry,  // expiry
		'/'); // path

Mark

bogu

One more thing, set the value of the cookie to null that should do the trick too ...

MichaelHe

Thanks a lot you 2... It works like a charm :o)))