serious cookie question

[Anon]

maybe this is simpel for you but this is a brain buster for me newbie
when people click they get cookie but cookie must be send before headers are send, but i cant do that becoz i need the button to be loaded first
how do i do that,
sincerely,
mushi

[Anon]

Use javascript!

function SetCookie(name, value) {
expdate = new Date();
expdate.SetDate(expdate.getDate() + 700);
document.cookie = name + "=" + value + ";expires=" + expdate.toGMTString();
}

Now, for the button:

<INPUT TYPE=Button VALUE="Click Me!" onClick="SetCookie('mycookie','newvalue');">

That should do everything you need!

Hope that helps.

Chris King

[Anon]

Hi
There are 2 work around this issue,
1. as Mr Chris King said, use Java Script to set the cooie.

2. If you are adament that you need php to set the cookie, make the form submit to itself and set the cookie
   <?
   if(isset($action)) {
   // set the cookie here.
   }
   ?>
   <form action=$PHP_SELF>
   // ... all the other form components wll be before this line
   <input type="submit" name="action" value="Done"
   </form>