Application::unsetCookie

Delete a cookie

Description

public void Application::unsetCookie( string $name )

Delete the cookie: it is sent again with an expiry date in the past (path /), so the browser drops it. It is also removed from getCookie() for the rest of the current request. From the next request on, the browser no longer sends it.

Only cookies with the path / are deleted. Fegg 4 set an empty cookie for seven days instead.

Arguments

Name	Data type	Default	Remarks
$name	string		Cookie name

Example

Controller - First request

$this->setCookie('foo', 'bar');

Controller - Second request

echo $this->getCookie('foo'); // -> bar
$this->unsetCookie('foo');

Controller - Third request

echo $this->getCookie('foo'); // -> ''