still having setcookie() problems :(

[r3n]

Hmm, I just dont get it, i have tried everything to get this working:

setcookie("r3nPoll",1,0);

Its not giving me a cookie in /Documents and Settings/r3n/Cookies -- is this the right place to be looking? And is there a better way to check? 🙂

[r3n]

Also:

if(isset($_COOKIE['r3nPoll']))
print 'Cookie works!';
else print "Cookie dosen't work";

Returns >> Cookie dosen't work. So as far as i can tell... i'm not getting any cookies 🙁

[metin]

Test the following code!
It set a cookie that is valid an hour, accessible from any page on your domain!

<?php 
$cookie_value = "This is in MyCookie!"; 
$cookie_expire_time = time() + 3600; // valid for one hour 
$cookie_path = "/"; // valid from the root directory and down ... 
if (!isset($_COOKIE["MyCookie"])) 
{ 
setcookie ("MyCookie" ,$cookie_value ,$cookie_expire_time , "$cookie_path"); 
} 
?> 

Then you can access the cookie by "$_COOKIE["MyCookie"]" on any other page. 
Like this: 
<?php 
echo $_COOKIE["MyCookie"]; 
?>

[r3n]

Ok, I tried the code u gave me and it didnt work so i had a bit of a mess about with it and found that

<?php 
$cookie_value = "This is in MyCookie!"; 
$cookie_expire_time = time() + 3600; // valid for one hour 
$cookie_path = "/"; // valid from the root directory and down ... 
setcookie ("MyCookie" ,$cookie_value ,$cookie_expire_time , $cookie_path); 

if (!isset($_COOKIE["MyCookie"])) 
{ 
print 'Cookie Works';
} 
else print "Dosen't work";
?> 

Seems to work perfectly 🙂 -- i'll try this in my poll now. Thx for the help

[r3n]

if(mysql_num_rows($validate_voter)>0) 
{
$msg1 = 1; //msg1: 1=Cheater, 2=Not cheater
$msg2 = 2; //msg2: 1=Display, 2=Don't Display
header("Location: http:" . $filename . "?" . $php_query . "&pollreq=" . $poll_results_page . "&msg1=" . $msg1 .  "&msg2=" . $msg2 . "#poll");
}

elseif(isset($_COOKIE["r3nPoll"]))
{
$msg1 = 1; //msg1: 1=Cheater, 2=Not cheater
$msg2 = 2; //msg2: 1=Display, 2=Don't Display
header("Location: http:" . $filename . "?" . $php_query . "&pollreq=" . $poll_results_page . "&msg1=" . $msg1 .  "&msg2=" . $msg2 . "#poll");
}

else
{
$msg1 = 2; //msg1: 1=Cheater, 2=Not cheater
$msg2 = 2; //msg2: 1=Display, 2=Don't Display

$cookie_value = 'Voted for option ' . $voteID; 
$cookie_expire_time = time() + 15768000; // valid for one year
$cookie_path = '/'; 
setcookie ('r3nPoll' , $cookie_value , $cookie_expire_time , $cookie_path); 

header("Location: http:" . $filename . "?" . $php_query . "&pollreq=" . $poll_results_page . "&msg1=" . $msg1 . "&msg2=" . $msg2 . "#poll");
}

Ok, so this is the code i have now. I have cut out the mySQL querys because they take up a lot of room -- but just so ya know, they add the client's IP addy into the DB.

So, when i cast a vote -- the script adds the users' IP into the database and gives them the cookie (r3n@websrv[1].txt).
When they try and re-vote it dosent let them because the IP and cookie is blocked. Or so it seems...

But -- (and this is the annoying bit) -- when i delete the IP from the DB and rely on the cookie to stop the user from re-voting, it just enumerates the cookie and makes it r3n@websrv[2].txt instead -- allowing the user to re-vote.

If i use

elseif(!isset($_COOKIE["r3nPoll"]))

(notice the added ! mark) -- it stops the user voting all together regardless of wether there is an IP in the DB or they have a cookie.

Why is it doing this?