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Jun 04.2004

Okay, this sounds like sort of a newbie-ish question, but guess who I am! Anywho, the answer is rather difficult to find (for me), but I would think it possible. Can PHP delete cookies? If you can create them, read them, set expiration dates, surely a php script could delete the cookies sent from its website? Basically I have an expiration set for a cookie, but to give the option of deleting this cookie before it expires. Or at the very leaste, set its value to null. I’m using PHP 4.3.6 if that matters any. Is this at all possible?

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@The_CheatJun 04.2004 — i think what you do is set the cookie again, but to a date that is in the past
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@JonaJun 04.2004 — [i]Originally posted by The Cheat [/i]

[B]i think what you do is set the cookie again, but to a date that is in the past [/B][/QUOTE]

[font=arial]That's correct. Here's some code that I use for a logout function, if it helps you any, Bob.[/font]

[code=php]
if(isset($_COOKIE["cusername"])){
setcookie("cusername", $_COOKIE["cusername"], time()-3600);
}
if(isset($_SESSION["cusername"])) {
session_destroy();

} if(!isset($_COOKIE["cusername"]) and !isset($_SESSION["cusername"])) {
header("Location: index.php");
}
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@MstrBobauthorJun 04.2004 — Thank you guys, works like a charm!
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