cookie problem

[rulian]

for some reason my cookie doesnt wanna work
i simply want to store a variable called $user and it's content, so I do before anything else
<?php if ($userid) setcookie ("userid", $userid, time()+time());

but the page takes forever to load, any ideas why?

[jariizumi]

Do a die($userid) and check the contents of the $userid and make sure it's not too excessive, especially if you're transferring this over a 56K modem. And also, time()+time() is really bad practice unless... you want to keep the cookie until a time most PC's will never understand. For old browsers' sakes (and for easier development's sake), I would probably leave that out, or use 0 (which means the cookie expires when you close the window). Your problem most likely is that you need to close your browser windows completely and start a new one. (And for this reason, using 0 is smart - messed up cookies can cause lots of headache) Hopefully this gives you some ideas 😉