Hey all quick question reguarding cookies,

If I send a cookie to a user using phps setcookie (a cookie that will never expire over time), and then later on send a new cookie with the same name will the origional cookie be deleted? From my testing it seems as though the old cookie is replaced on the client with the newer cookie (just testing with print_r ing $_COOKIE from the server). Anyway I just want to make sure theres no clean up Im not taking care of that I should be addressing?

ex: on 6/11 a user hits the site and gets a cookie named "testcookie"

on 6/14 the user returns and recieves a cookie named "testcookie" again, will there be any reminents of the 6/11 cookie "testcookie" or will it be completly overwritten?

Thanks!

    if it is named the same it will be overwritten.. if you are concerned you can always unset the cookie using a date far in the past then re-write the cookie

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