PHP $_COOKIE is never empty... why?

[luke14free]

Hello,
I think to have some problem because that code, that is done in order to decide if the page has to have inside the login form (-->user not yet logged) or not(-->user logged).
[PHP]
<?php
setcookie ("autorizzazion e", "", time()-60000);
//check if the user is logged yet
//include ("functions.php ");
if (empty($HTTP_CO OKIE_VARS)){
include "login.html ";
echo "2";
}else{
//defineaut();
echo "1";
}
?>
[/PHP]
when is executed runs always "1"...

It means that i have some cookie on my pc but i have deleted manually everyone, and set destroy cookie in line 2...I tried also with

[PHP]
if (isset($_COOKIE )){
[/PHP]
and
[PHP]
if (isset($_COOKIE['autorization'])){
[/PHP]
instead of line 5...Is it normal??

In another page i set the cookie in this way:
[PHP]
setcookie('auto rization','2');
[/PHP]
and it seems to be ok...Could someone please help me? (my server has PHP 5 and global var ON)
Thanks,
Kind Regards, luke14free

[pbmods]

Changed thread title to better match contents.

Try using print_r($_COOKI E) to see what's in there (such as PHPSESSID, for example).

[luke14free]

Yes, thanks for the immediate answer,,,
(don't worry for the post name! feel always free to make changes! =] )
[PHP]
Array ( [autorizzazione] => [82a3f464d4f908c a02a63aae2c0f06 47] => 8c9120502c94ad8 0924b75afff9936 ec [mosvisitor] => 1 )
[/PHP]
that's what i get,,,but the cookie should be empty!!! Is it a bug?

[Atli]

Yes, thanks for the immediate answer,,,
(don't worry for the post name! feel always free to make changes! =] )
[PHP]
Array ( [autorizzazione] => [82a3f464d4f908c a02a63aae2c0f06 47] => 8c9120502c94ad8 0924b75afff9936 ec [mosvisitor] => 1 )
[/PHP]
that's what i get,,,but the cookie should be empty!!! Is it a bug?

There may always be some extra data in your $_COOKIE array, such as Session ID's (PHPSESSIONID) or something like that.
In your case there seemes to be a cookie named [mosvisitor], tho I dont know what that is.
It's never a good idea to assume the $_COOKIE array is empty.

The best way to use Cookies like this is to check for a specific cookie. I've successfully done this with some of my projects.
[CODE=php]
if(isset($_COOK IE['mycookie'])) {
// User is logged in
}
else {
// User is not logged in
}
[/CODE]

[luke14free]

I wrote in my original post, in an horrible english that i have already tried to code that way but the result is always the same.
May it be a server-side problem?
thanks