Re: How do I use HTTP How do I use HTTP Cookies?

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Re^2: How do I use HTTP Cookies? by csuhockey3 (Curate) on Aug 30, 2004 at 03:29 UTC
This might be better, as is it breaks down a working example. Do you have a good grasp of documentation and/or modules? As far a clearing the cookie, that is done by the expiration date. Have you tried anything on your own yet? If you have, we can help you more easily if you post some of your code that is giving you trouble. CSUhockey3	[reply]
Re^3: How do I use HTTP Cookies? by Spidy (Chaplain) on Aug 30, 2004 at 03:32 UTC
I haven't tried anything with cookies yet, no. I want to start trying to do some cookie stuff, so I can actually have users stay logged in a bit more securely than including their username and password in an URL.	[reply]
Re^2: How do I use HTTP Cookies? by davido (Cardinal) on Aug 30, 2004 at 03:32 UTC
You delete cookies by setting an expiration date that is a date prior to the date/time the cookie is being set. Or, set the cookie with no expiration date (in which case it will be deleted when the browser is closed). The rest of this that question was answered by the POD for CGI::Cookie, already pointed out in a previous followup. I see within that documentation, examples of creating cookies, retrieving cookies (which is the first step toward checking for the existance of one), and (through setting expiration date) dismissing them. Dave	[reply]