php getcookie,PHP: session_get_cookie_params - Manual

This function is quite handy when it comes to expiring session cookies... since Session cookies don't automatically get destroyed (see the session_destroy page).

For instance, here's what I plan to use to expire session cookies:

$CookieInfo = session_get_cookie_params();

if ( (empty($CookieInfo['domain'])) && (empty($CookieInfo['secure'])) ) {

setcookie(session_name(), '', time()-3600, $CookieInfo['path']);

} elseif (empty($CookieInfo['secure'])) {

setcookie(session_name(), '', time()-3600, $CookieInfo['path'], $CookieInfo['domain']);

} else {

setcookie(session_name(), '', time()-3600, $CookieInfo['path'], $CookieInfo['domain'], $CookieInfo['secure']);

}

session_destroy();

It doesn't check to see if the path part of the session cookie is set because the defaults in php.ini have this set already, unlike domain and secure.