Cookies not sending to included files...

brent

I can set cookies and print them out no problem on various output pages I have set up. However, when I use the include() function to display a php page that references these cookies, the cookie variables do not seem to pass over. The included file seems to lose the cookies.

I have tried accessing these variables through the $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS but still no dice. I even tried !isset($Cookie) to check if it recognizes the variable the cookie was set to but it doesn't seem to keep it.

I browsed through the forum here but my exact problem does not seem to be listed.

Any help would be appreciated.

atomdesign

I ran across the problem of not being able to pass vars to include'd files too...
What you should do is write:

$var_to_be_passed = $cookievar;

include "your_file.php";

This way, "yourfile.php" will be able to access $var_to_be_passed.

Write this script:

<?php

setcookie("cookievar", "Dude");

$username = $cookievar;

include "included.php";

Make another one called "included.php" and write this in it:
<?php

echo "Your username is: " . $username . " <-- If successfull, prints 'Your username is: Dude!'";

Hope this helps,

Michal

Anon

Do your include-files contain only inline code, or functions? If the latter, the cookie variables (like all other variables in PHP) are <i>local</i> and so are not visible inside functions unless you include a GLOBAL declaration for them.

brent

Thanks for replying back. I have the variables passing up the the points you mentioned.

setcookie("cookievar", "Dude");

$username = $cookievar;

include "included.php";

I can get $username to print out in included.php without any problem. In the included.php page, I have tables set up and I include another page (included2.php) within the table. The included2.php page is unable to use the variables.

Is there a way to use the variables in the second include page?

brent

I seem to have figured it out so you can all relax.

I was referencing the second include file with the full URL link (http://www.somesite.com/somefile.php).

I tried including the file with just a document link and it all works.

Thank you all for your help.