Deleting a cookie created with PHP using jQuery

Question

I created a cookie with PHP like so:

setcookie('form_login', $_POST['form_login'], time()+3600, "/");

I am then trying to delete it using jQuery (jQuery Cookie):

$.removeCookie('form_login');

Doesn't work, cookie still there. Why?

check if the cookie exists first using javascript – Kyle Emmanuel Aug 17 '14 at 12:02 — Kyle Emmanuel, Aug 17 '14 at 12:02

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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You can only delete cookies created by javascript. You can't delete cookies create by the server

edited May 23 '17 at 12:20

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answered Aug 17 '14 at 12:09

MH2K9

I should have added that I also tried exactly that with the same result. I edited my question accordingly. – drake035 Aug 17 '14 at 12:12
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If you set the cookies HttpOnly they can't be read, modified or deleted by Javascript. – Charlotte Dunois Aug 17 '14 at 12:30
Figured out what's going on: cookie does get deleted, only Firefox, Preferences > Privacy > Remove individual cookies doesn't show the state of cookies in real time (which is extremely deceptive and annoying) – drake035 Aug 18 '14 at 17:04

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