Cookie deletion issues

vsource

Hi all,

I'm currently putting together an online store using PHP but have come up against an issue when trying to delete cookies. When a shopper purchases something from my site, the reference numbers of the items they have ordered are held in a cookie called order. Once the shopper has been to the third-party payment processor, they redirect them back to a page on my website to give an order confirmation.

I have the following line of code on the confirmation page:

setcookie('order', '', time() - 3600);

which I thought would delete the cookie 'order'. However, it still seems to be there even after reloading the page, or following a link to another page that uses the same cookie.

Any help on this would be much appreciated, as I'm at a loss!

Thanks in advance,

vsource

sneakyimp

I'm guessing that's because you are attempting to expire the cookie an hour before the current time.

maybe try this:

setcookie('order', '');

If the expiration argument is set to 0 or omitted, the cookie will expire at the end of the session (when the browser closes).

vsource

Hi sneakyimp, and thanks for your reply,

I've tried the following already, same (lack of) success.

setcookie('order', '');

According to the php.net reference manual, setting a cookie's expiry time in the past is a usual way of deleting said cookie. I haven't found any cookie deletion method that works in this case.

Thanks anyway for the advice,

vsource.