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setcookie() - how!?

Anon

Okay, what I thought was going to be quite simple hasn't quite turned out so. I've read lots of cookie tutorials, but I cannot get the basics to even work. Please help

Using the html below, I cannot get to see a cookie appear on my PC when I run this from my website. Try it: http://www.scubaindex.f2s.com/php/cookie/cookie.html

Any ideas why?

Thanks lots in advance,

James

<?
setcookie("visitor", 12345, time()+3600, "/", "scubaindex.f2s.com", 0);
?>

<HEAD>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
Cookie should have been set!
</BODY>

Anon

Try changing the file extension to .php3, and add the start and close HTML tags. Also make sure the script is on the FIRST line.

Should work then.

Anon

Thanks - it now works. I had the html tags there (but by posting it here it removed them from view) - my downfall was obviously in not naming the file .php3.

Next stop - sessions!

James

Anon

One more question if I may.

My cookie now works (i.e. it appears on my local PC), but why does it only work when there is some html code after it. When I run just this in a file (cookie.php3):

<?
setcookie("visitor", 12345, time()+3600, "/", "www.scubaindex.com", 0);
?>

Nothing happens. If I put some html after it, then it works. Why is this?

Thanks,

James

Anon

The browser need to receive an HTML header.