ID: 14571
Updated by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reported By: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Status: Bogus
Bug Type: Documentation problem
Operating System: Linux
PHP Version: 4.1.0
New Comment:
In 4.1.1 setcookie("cookiename") don't work for me to removing a
cookie. It sets a cookie with empty value as if I did
setcookie("cookiename", "");
In 4.0.x setcookie("cookiename"); was enough.
Previous Comments:
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[2001-12-18 04:03:23] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From the manual: (http://uk.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php)
Some examples follow how to send cookies:
Example 1. setcookie() send examples
a. setcookie ("TestCookie", "Test Value");
b. setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,time()+3600); /* expire in 1 hour
*/
c. setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,time()+3600, "/~rasmus/",
".utoronto.ca", 1);
Examples follow how to delete cookies send in previous example:
Example 2. setcookie() delete examples
a. setcookie ("TestCookie");
// set the expiration date to one hour ago
b. setcookie ("TestCookie", "", time() - 3600);
c. setcookie ("TestCookie", "", time() - 3600, "/~rasmus/",
".utoronto.ca", 1);
When deleting a cookie you should assure that the expiration date is in
the past, to trigger the removal mechanism in your browser.
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[2001-12-18 03:48:17] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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).
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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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