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Feb 14, 2003, 8:05 AM
Andy
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Remove cookies completly?
I've been trying to figure out how to clear a cookie from a PC's memory. Currently I'm trying the following code;

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my $cookie_pass = $IN->cookie (-name => 'pass', -value => '', -path => '/' );
my $cookie_user = $IN->cookie (-name => 'user', -value => '', -path => '/' );

# finalise the cookies...
print $IN->header( -cookie => [$cookie_pass, $cookie_user] );

It doesn't seem to be working though. Is there a feature built into CGI::cookie that will let you delete cookies? I've searched high and low on google.com, but all the results seem to only tell you how to write cookies, and not clear them Unimpressed

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Feb 14, 2003, 8:07 AM
Paul
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Feb 14, 2003, 8:07 AM
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Set the expiry for -1y
Feb 14, 2003, 8:12 AM
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Feb 14, 2003, 8:12 AM
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Minus 1 year? (just making sure)

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Feb 14, 2003, 8:25 AM
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Mmm....interesting. I've made it so that its set to expire in -1y , but now when I try to reset the cookies, with;

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my $cookie_pass = $IN->cookie (-name => 'pass', -value => $Password, -path => '/', -expires => '+1h' );
my $cookie_user = $IN->cookie (-name => 'user', -value => $ID, -path => '/', -expires => '+1h' );

# finalise the cookies...
print $IN->header( -cookie => [$cookie_pass, $cookie_user] );

It doesn't like setting them. No fatal errors; it just doesn't write them, and they are therefore not available in the other sub routines Unimpressed

Any ideas?

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Feb 14, 2003, 4:43 PM
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Feb 14, 2003, 4:43 PM
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Dunno what to say. Works for me.