'Remember me not working in login form, cookie is getting created but not showing the value

I was trying to implement remember me functionality with the cookie method but it doesn't seem to work, cookie is getting created in network tab with the validity I want but after logout not showing on my input tags. Below is my php code for login and login form .

 <?php
require('autoload.php');
if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD']=="POST"){

    $email=trim($_POST['login_email']);
    $password = trim($_POST['login_password']);
    $sql = "SELECT * FROM `users` where `user_email` = ? LIMIT 1";
    $stmt = $conn->prepare($sql);
    $stmt->bind_param("s",$email);
    $stmt->execute();
    $result = $stmt->get_result();
    $exist = $result->num_rows;
    if($exist == 0 ){
        echo "invalid credentials";
        exit();  
    }else{
        $row = $result->fetch_array(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
        if (!password_verify($password, $row['user_password'])){
            echo "invalid credentials";
            exit(); 
        }else{
            if(isset($_POST['remember_me'])){
               setcookie('email',$email,time()+60*60*24);
               setcookie('password',$password,time()+60*60*24);
            }else{
               setcookie('email',"");
               setcookie('password',"");
            }
                $_SESSION['USERNAME'] = $row['user_name'];
                $_SESSION['URL'] = $row['url_address'];
                echo "valid credentials";
                exit();
            }             
        }    
    }  
 $stmt->close();
}

$conn->close();
?>

so this is my login script and below is my HTML login form.

<div class="login-form">

  <form action="" method="post" id="login-form" autocomplete="off">
    <div class="input-container">
      <input type="email" name="login_email" id="login_email" class="form-control" placeholder="Email*" value="<?php if(isset($_COOKIE['email'])){ echo $_COOKIE['email'];}?>" required>
      <i class="fa-solid fa-check" id="login_email_correct_mark"></i>
      <i class="fa-solid fa-exclamation" id="login_email_wrong_mark"></i>
      <span class="error_form" id="login_email_error_message"></span>
    </div>
    <div class="input-container">
      <input type="password" name="login_password" id="login_password" class="form-control" placeholder="Password*" value="<?php if(isset($_COOKIE['password'])){ echo $_COOKIE['password'];}?>" required>
      <i class="fa-solid fa-check" id="login_password_correct_mark"></i>
      <i class="fa-solid fa-exclamation" id="login_password_wrong_mark"></i>
      <span class="error_form" id="login_password_error_message"></span>
    </div>
    <div class="checkbox">
      <input type="checkbox" id="remember_me" name="remember_me" <?php if(isset($_COOKIE[ 'email'])){?> checked
      <?php }?>> Remember me
      <a href="forgot-password.php">Forgot Password?</a>
    </div>

    <input type="submit" name="login_submit" id="login_submit" class="submit-btn" value="Login">
  </form>
  <p>Dont have an Account? <a href="javascript: showRegisterForm();">Register Here</a></p>
  <span id="success-msg">
  </span>
  <span id="failed-msg">
  </span>
</div>

the request to the login page is sent by ajax and jquery.



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