RE: [PHP] Wierd cookie behiavor

are you setting the cookie expire time and blanking out the cookie's value properly when the user logs off? even if you have the user "logged in", to the browser, it's just another webpage, and the browser shouldnt handle cookies any differently no matter what type of HTML you give it... > -----Original Message----- > From: david jarvis [mailto:david@jumpinternet.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:54 PM > To: scott [gts] > Subject: Re: [PHP] Wierd cookie behiavor > > > hmm, still no luck. The problem isnt that the cookie in in memory, the > problem is that its still on the hard drive. for example: User Logs On, User > Logs off = cookie still on hd (even if you close the browser) example2: > User restarts browser, User does not log on (cookie info still on hd), User > logs off = works fine. > > any ideas? > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: scott [gts] <scott@graphictype.com> > To: php <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:39 PM > Subject: RE: [PHP] Wierd cookie behiavor > > > > if you dont specify an expiration time, the cookie > > will hang around in memory until the browser is > > closed... even if it's an empty cookie. (AFAIK) > > > > if you really want it deleted, when the user "logs out" > > setcookie("membership", "", time()-1); > > > > that'll set the expire time to one second in the past, > > which (in theory :) will delete the cookie ASAP. > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: david jarvis [mailto:david@jumpinternet.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2001 12:38 PM > > > To: php-general@lists.php.net > > > Subject: [PHP] Wierd cookie behiavor > > > > > > > > > I have a logout page that sends this cookie > > > > > > setcookie("membership") > > > > > > So that "membership" shoud be empty. However, if you login so that the > > > cookie membership is created, and then try to logout without restarting > > > the browser, it wont delete the cookie. But if you restart the browser > > > and try to logout, it will work fine > > > > > > any ideas? > > > > > > -David > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > >