Using HTTP_COOKIE_VARS correctly?

[Anon]

I'm trying to write a cookie loader for this forum I'm recoding (it was written by me in ASP, and im re-doing it in PHP/mysql -- blizzforums.com) and it keeps saying that the index is undefined wherever i mention $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username] and cook_password. Here is the code, maybe someone can give me some insight on this...

<?php

$cook_username = 'bf_username';
$cook_password = 'bf_password';

function loadCookies()
{
	global $cook_username, $cook_password, $username, $password, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS;

	if( isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username]) )
	{
		$password = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_password];
		$username = (isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username]) && $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username] != "") ? $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username] : 'Guest';
	} else {
		setCookie($cook_username);
		setCookie($cook_username, '', time() - 3600);
		setCookie($cook_password);
		setCookie($cook_password, '', time() - 3600);
		$password = '';
		$username = 'Guest';
	}

}

function loadClick()
{
	global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS, $HTTP_REFERER, $REQUEST_URI, $REMOTE_ADDR, $username, $password;

	if( !$HTTP_REFERER ) { $referer = "None"; } else { $referer = $HTTP_REFERER; }
	if( !$REQUEST_URI ) { $uri = "None"; } else { $uri = $REQUEST_URI; }

}

loadCookies();

?>

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do:
print_r($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);

and see exactly what is in the cookies.

[Anon]

try using:
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["cook_username"]

instead of
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username]

[Anon]

Nope, still doesn't work.. and the thing with print_r.. returned Array( ).

[Anon]

Maybe nothing is set yet?.. although I used setCookie.. I dont know. Maybe it wont work until someone logs in and there cookies are set.

[Anon]

if print_r($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);
returns array() then no cookies are set - you should get:
[cookie_name]=>cookie_value

you have register_globals set to off?
you set cookies:
setcookie("cookie_name", "cookie_value", "time"..etc);
then if register_globals is off, you call them with
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS("cookie_name");

I believe, though haven't used, if register_globals is ON, you simply clal them with $cookie_name

[Anon]

	global $cook_username, $cook_password, $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS;

	if( !isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_username]) || !isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cook_password]) )
	{
		setCookie($cook_username, "Guest", time() + 86400);
		setCookie($cook_password, "Guest", time() + 86400);
	}

that fixed it.. yes register globals were on.

[Anon]

I think setting it to - time was messing with it 🙂