Question

How to destroy cakephp cookies on page refresh or when I close the browser window?

my code:
merry_parents_controller.php

 $this->Cookie->write('MerryParent.id',$this->MerryParent->id,false,0);
                    echo 'cookie MerryParent.id: '.$this->Cookie->read('MerryParent.id');
                    $this->set('id',$this->Cookie->read('MerryParent.id'));

thanks.

Answer 1

Using 0 as the last parameter will mean the cookie will be deleted when the session finishes (browser is closed).

i.e, $this->cookie->time = 0;

If you want to destroy cookies all the time (no idea why), add functionality to do so in your AppController’s beforeFilter(), i.e $this->cookie->delete('MerryParent'); (will delete entire MerryParent key).