Posted by Toby A Inkster on 06/18/07 21:28

laredotornado@zipmail.com wrote:

> setcookie('LoggedIn', 1, time() + REMEMBER_ME_TIME, "/");
>
> 1. How do I check if this cookie is set at the top of a given PHP
> page?

if (isset($_COOKIE['LoggedIn']))
echo "Cookie is set.";

> 2. How do I delete this cookie?

Re-set the cookie, using a time in the past.

setcookie('LoggedIn', 0, 0, "/");

By the way, if this is for a log in system, it's hideously insecure. Users
can easily tamper with cookies. Use sessions instead.

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