cookie problems (again)

Anon

I'm trying to code a user login/auth system. It works on a mysql backend using cookies. It sends a cookie to the user, then checks on pages that are protected to see if the cookie exists...

I set the cookie using:

SetCookie("uketrade", "$user_id-$encryptedpassword", time()+3600);

Now for some reason, this worked fine on IE last week, but now my program no longer appears to send any cookie, (or IE rejects it). Im using IE 5.00. Ive tested my code using the lynx browser so I can see my code is sending the cookie, the login system also works fine with lynx. So it appears the problem is with IE (surprise). My question is, firstly, is this a known problem with IE rejecting or ignoring cookies? and secondly,
How can I change my code to fix the problem?

This is driving me insane, it seems one day I fix the problem, the next day it doesnt work again!

Any help is appreciated.

akozlov

So many problem with cookies and different browsers, and try use this function, it's always work, and work good (it from www.php.net):
function mysetcookie($name, $val, $exp, $pth, $domain) {
static $mycky;
$exp = strftime("%A, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S", $exp);
$cookiestr = sprintf ("%s=%s; domain=%s; path=%s; expires=%s",$name, $val, $domain, $pth, $exp);
$mycky = ( ($mycky) ? "$mycky\n" : "") . "Set-Cookie: $cookiestr";
header($mycky);
}

Anon

Thanks for the reply, but I still have problems...The code you pasted doesnt seem to work on any browser...I must be calling it wrong...

Here is how Im trying to send the cookie (using your code)

mysetcookie("ukEtrade", "$user_id-$encryptedpassword", time()+3600,"/","wildeyes.net");

But no cookie is sent.

I tested it using lynx and IE.

What am I doing wrong? I'm not sure if I have the path variable and domain
correct....

Anon

There are some restrictions to cookies (to long names...). Check Netscape.com library for specification on cookies...