Need help with setcookie() path

sfarris

I am trying to set a cookie that gives each authorized user access to files in his/her own directory. These directories have the same name as their usernames.

The problem: When I specify a path in the setcookie()function, the cookie does not get set. When I leave the path argument as "/" the cookie is set.

I have tried formatting the path in every way I can imagine and none have worked. Please help!

This is what works:

$cookie_name = "auth";
$cookie_value = "ok";
$cookie_expire = "";
$cookie_domain = "";

setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, $cookie_expire, "/" , $cookie_domain, 0);

These are the path combos that I have tried unsuccessfully ("phptest" is a directory in the domain's root):

"/phptest/$username"
"/phptest/$username/"
"phptest/$username/"
"$username"
"/$username"
"/$username/"
"$username/"

I have also tried each of these combinations with the domain name in front of the path, making it an absolute reference.

I hope this is not confusing. To reiterate -

The problem: When I specify a path in the setcookie()function, the cookie does not get set. When I leave the path argument as "/" the cookie is set.

I am at a loss. Thanks for the help.

sfarris

Setting path to "/" does function; however, it does not achieve my goal, namely to restrict particular users to particular directories in the site.

Is this possible with setcookie() or do I need another solution?

If I need another solution, do you have any suggestions?

Thanks again!

Anon

This is the exact same problem i've got but im doing something different.

Users are originally sent to a SSL server which has a different domain name to our domain.

When I set the cookie in this SSL area, the cookie isnt available to our domain -- only the domain (SSL) on which it was set.

I have tried all sort of combinations and nothing works.

When I set the domain name, the cookie is never set. When I leave the domain name blank, it picks up the SSL domain name.

Any ideas ?