cookies not being set

pumpkin_escobar

I've got an account on coolfreepages.com and I've written an admin script that requires a user to log in before administrating the site. coolfreepages is using an older version of php due to the fact that I must use $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS instead of $_COOKIE My problem is that I can't set the cookie. I use

setcookie("admin",1,time()+300);

it returns true (I've checked) but when I use

print_r($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);

it returns an empty array.

I know that my script works on my local machine so is there anything I can do?

jc94062

See what

echo "Num: ".count($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);

gives.

shastry

Have you checked whether or not your browser supports cookie?

..Check out here for details on setcookie..

http://www.zend.com/manual/function.setcookie.php

jc94062

I thought this:

it returns true (I've checked) but when I use

meant you'd checked it returned a value, I'm guessing you may have meant you did something like

$test = setcookie...
if ($test == true)
{
echo "Worked";
}
else
{
echo "Error";
}

Anyway, after its been set just go to another page (doing setcookie and testing for it on the same page sometimes give errors and stuff, this just prevents the chance of that...

<?
echo "$admin";
?>

See if that is passed through by the cookie or not...

pumpkin_escobar

I've just tried it in Netscape and my script works just fine. However it still doesn't work in IE 5.0 I wonder why it works on my local machine and not on the hosting site. Is it the difference in me running 4.2.2 and they running 4.0.x?