Can't delete cookies

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For some strange reason I can't seem to delete cookies.  First it kept adding a new cookie a dot in front of the host when I set an already existing one with a negative expiry but now nothing happens at all.

 

The code I'm using (with the domain changed) is:

 

setcookie( "member_id", "4", time()-3600, "/", "www.mysite.net" );

 

 

The cookie remains unchanged and I have no idea why.  The name, value, path, and host are correct but I still get nothing.  I also tried:

 

setcookie( "member_id", "", time()-3600);

 

Again to no avail.  It doesn't work on IE or FF.

 

PHP version is 4.4.7

OS is Linux

No error messages are displayed

 

Thanks in advance for any input.

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// to create a session cookie use zero (0) instead of time

 

setcookie("name", "value", 0);

 

// to destroy the session-cookie use

 

setcookie("name", "", -1);

[53329]

Thanks a lot.  Using 0 and -1 were a big help.  Fixed everything.  Thank you.