need advice with cookies

Anon

Hello all!

I guess this is rather stupid question, but I'm completly newbie to PHP so....:-)
The question is - there is a checkbox in my index.php (root document), so if visitor marks a box and enters to index_lang.html, then next time (while accessing index.php) he/she should be forwarded to index_lang.html

This is php part of index.php:

<?php
if ($lang='true')
{ setcookie ("Cookies", "time()+3600","", /index_lang.html/"); }
?>

<form action="index_lang.html" method="POST">
<INPUT TYPE="CHECKBOX" NAME="lang" VALUE="true">
<a href=index_lang.html>ENTER</a>
.......

But it doesn't work...I think I made a mistake somewhere?

Looking forward to hear from you.
Thank you.

Anon

Your cookie syntax is no good... Check it on Netscape.com specifikations.

Anon

Hm... What I have read in manual is:
setcookie(string name, string value, int expire, string path, string domain, int secure);

What you have written is:
setcookie ("Cookies", "time()+3600","", /index_lang.html/");

Does not look like in manual - does it?
It's the first idea. Try it and tell if it works.
The second is that may be, it is incorrectly to set cookies in index.php3 after something was selected in it (you know, cookie is not set after some output to screen). I would have done it this way: when index_lang.php3 opens, the first what it does, it sets cookie. This will definitely work.
So, may be, it will help...

Anon

Hi Annchen

Thanks for reply.

The second is that may be, it is incorrectly to set cookies in index.php3 after
something was selected in it (you know, cookie is not set after some
output to screen). I would have done it
this way: when index_lang.php3 opens, the first what it does, it sets cookie.
This will definitely work.

But in this case cookies will be created without checkbox. I would like to give a possibility for user to:
1) check checkbox and enter index_lang.php3 (with cookies),
2) do not check checkbox and enter index_lang.php3 (so, cookies will not be used)

Is it possible?

Thank you.

Anon

I did not catch this with checkboxes at the first time, sorry. Yes, of course, you can transfer variable like $is_checked to your index_lang.php3. When checkbox is checked set $is_checked=1, when not - $is_checked=0, and check this in index_lang.php3 - set cookie only when $is_checked==1. I don't know if it is the best way, but I would have done it so.