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daGrevis
daGrevis

Reputation: 21333

How to delete cookies from the browser?

How to delete cookies from the browser? Only problem, I need it to be done from server-side. With that I meant: When user opens page, server automatically deletes cookies that are related to its page. Is that possible? I need it because sometimes users are too, lets say, lazy to do it by themselfs.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1124

Answers (3)

Quasdunk
Quasdunk

Reputation: 15230

Well, there sure is a way: 

if (isset($_COOKIE['cookie']))
{
    //set the expiration date an hour ago
    setcookie ('cookie', '', time() - 3600);
}

But then, you have to remember the state, that you already have deleted the cookies for that user and that session, otherwise it will be a headache to set new cookies ;)

EDIT: And this also may be useful in your case: How to delete all cookies in PHP?

Upvotes: 1

Dzoki
Dzoki

Reputation: 739

setcookie("Cookie Name","",time()-3600*24,"/");

Upvotes: 0

Packet Tracer
Packet Tracer

Reputation: 3924

set the cookie expiration value to a negative value, via your server-side scripting language

for php:

setcookie('cookie_name','',-1);

Upvotes: 0

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