ID: 14571
Updated by: sander
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Old Status: Open
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 4.1.0
New Comment:
This hasn't changed. setcookie('name','') doesn't remove the cookie, and it never did.
To remove a cookie, use setcookie with a expire-date in the past, i.e.
setcookie('name','', time()-10000).
Previous Comments:
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[2001-12-17 21:36:35] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The behavoir of the setcookie function changed in 4.1.0 even though no such change was
documented in the changelog. This had the effect of disabling an application of mine
until I figured out what happened.
In PHP <4.1.0, the code:
setcookie("cookiename","");
would delete the cookie 'cookiename'.
In PHP 4.1.0, this function created a cookie with a null value named cookiename.
I know this is a rather silly change, and you wouldn't expect someone to ever specify
a blank value in the second argument, but it did cause a short downtime in our website
software.
I posted this on the setcookie() manual page but it was rejected on grounds that it
was more of a bug report than anything, so I thought I'd post it here.
Thanks
Sean
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