Cookies Half-baked

Anon

Hey gang,

I'm not sure if this is a placement issue or what. I tested setting the cookies, but when I placed it in the application they just don't set. Here's what I've got.

if($go=="now"){

$settime=mktime(0,0,0,12,31,date("Y"));
SetCookie("name",$realname,$settime);
SetCookie("email",$email,$settime);
SetCookie("URL",$URL,$settime);

mail($email,$subject,$note);

mysql($db,$sql);

Header("Location:$url\n\n");}

It's rather simple, and it seems like it should work, but unfortunately, it isn't. If I remove the mail(),mysql() and header() it sets them. But as is, it sends mail, post to db and redirects.

Thanks for the help.

Ron

Anon

The problem is that the cookies doesn't become variables until you read them from a browser, and cookie reading is done before cookie writing therefor you need to reload the page or do something like this:

SetCookie("name",$realname,$settime);
$name = $realname;
SetCookie("email",$email,$settime);
$email = $email;

and so on...

Andreas Bernhardsen
Graficonn

Anon

Andreas,

Thanks for the input, but see, I know they aren't being set because I can't find the cookie in my cookie folder. And when the original form page is loaded it doesn't pull them up.

Ron

Anon

hehe... I totaly overlooked the problem..

try this:

setcookie("name", $realname, 3600);

the 3600 means it will expire in one hour (3600 seconds)

Andreas Bernhardsen

Anon

Andreas,

Well, I thought that's what the mktime() did for me. Of course this doesn't explain why the cookies will set as they appear by themselves, but will not with the additional requests afterwards of mail(), mysql() and header().

It just seems weird. Also, I want the expiration date to occur on December 31, of the year it is set.

thanks again.

Ron

Anon

I've got the same problem. I think it has something to do with the header(Location🙂.

My code:
<?php
setcookie("user", "david");
setcookie("pass", "passw");
header("Location: x.php3");
?>

That doesn't work, but if I remove the header() function the cookies are set correctly.

Anybody got a clue?

/David

Anon

Yes... The header("Location: something"); is the problem... The problem is that both is sending info to the http header... and this might get read in diffrent order in diffrent browsers... A way around this in not to use header() but:

print("<head>\n");
print("<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0;url=$TheURLYouWantToGoTo\"></head>");

Then cookies will work too...

Andreas Bernhardsen
Graficonn