How to delete or unset a cookie when the browser is closed?

Question

I set following cookie when user open the site

add_action('init', 'is_it_mobile_or_desktop', 1);
    function is_it_mobile_or_desktop(){
        if (isset($_GET['site']) && in_array($_GET['site'], array('mobile', 'desktop'))){
            setcookie( 'site', $_GET['site'], time() + 3600, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
        }
    }

add_action('init', 'who_am_i', 2);

Now I want to unset/delete this cookie when the user closes the browser (Not the tab)

How can I do that?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1783302/clear-cookies-on-browser-close this might help — maniteja, Jul 09 '15 at 06:21

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 09 '15 at 06:26

6

Specify time = 0 or blank , when you do so, the cookie will expire as the browser is closed.

setcookie( 'site', $_GET['site'], 0, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);

The cookie will not expire if only the tab is closed and not the browser.

answered Jul 09 '15 at 06:26

Vivek Tankaria

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