logout button

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•Re: logout button by merlyn (Sage) on Oct 27, 2004 at 02:39 UTC
Stop changing the cookie. Change a server side database, as I suggest in my oft-reference column on basic cookie management. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re: logout button by BUU (Prior) on Oct 26, 2004 at 21:07 UTC
Print a cookie with the same name but with an empty value. (Or even a value that says "logged out" or whate not). You can also try setting this expiration date to be some time in the past.	[reply]
Re: logout button by TedPride (Priest) on Oct 26, 2004 at 21:28 UTC
Writing over the cookie with some non-allowable value is better, since some browsers are not good about resolving cookie expiration dates. See HTTP::Cookie.	[reply]
Re: logout button by csuhockey3 (Curate) on Oct 26, 2004 at 23:36 UTC
see also CGI::Session::Auth	[reply]