Whats wrong with this setcookie() test script? :(

r3n

Hey, i have been having cookie problems so much lately on my server and i was wondering if I have been doing something wrong. Here is what i'm using in my scripts:

<?
//cookiesubmit.php
setcookie('test','voted',time() + 3600,'/');
header('Location:http:cookieretrieve.php');
?

<?
//cookieretrive.php
if(isset($_COOKIE["test"])) echo 'cookie true';
else {echo 'cookie false';}
?>

As you can see, the first script creats a cookie (and does it successfully):

Filename: r3n@websrv[1].txt
Content:
test
voted
websrv/
1024
1383149696
29515599
3052405360
29515590

*

Any way... how come the second script returns this value:
cookie false

when i know for a fact the cookie is there? :S

Please someone help, this has been going on for days now 😢

Yegg

PHP runs in CGI mode on server????

r3n

Originally posted by Yegg
PHP runs in CGI mode on server????

Are you refering to the fact that the PHP script i used looks similar to Perl?

Nate

PHP can be run as a CGI binary or as a module...

Anyways, I don't see anything wrong with your code. It should work.

I might try a few different things though like for one change this

<?
//cookieretrive.php
if(isset($_COOKIE["test"])) echo 'cookie true';
else {echo 'cookie false';}
?>

<?
//cookieretrive.php
if($_COOKIE["test"]) //isset isn't really needed
{ echo 'cookie true'; } //should use the { } even though they sometimes arent required.
else
{echo 'cookie false';}
?>

Try that.

Your not running on a windows server are you? Theres a cookies/header location bug in windows IIS, i forget what it was, but it doesnt set cookies or something, if you use a header location with setcookie. Also that URL you used in Header Location looks incorrect.

r3n

i am using apache under windows 2000 pro,
the location in header is correct 🙂 -- it works perfectly,

even with your code it still returns false 🙁 any ideas?

nb: i have also had these problems erlier running the script on a linux server.

try running the script on one of your servers will ya?

Yegg

I have IIS server and Win2k and for me this code works FINE without any problems, but 2 days ago I wrote e-shop, www.helsiko.ee (not completed yet), on my PC it works fine and I have NO any problems, but there, when I uploaded it, I got the similar problem:

My LETTER to :page hoster

Well, I have 2 files, the first one index.php and the second one order.php,
in index.php is a form, which submits data to another file, this way.....
<form action="libz/order.php"..... with this form I also submit session name
and session id with help of hidden form. Before this sumbition I already
have defined some variables in session, this variables have already values,
after submit, script, which is in order.php file, begin to work with session
variables, it's getting them and changes, after changes I'am making print_r
of $SESSION and see that all session variabes changed in this file as I
wanted, but when I replace print_r string with redirection to index.php back
with this function header(" Location:
../?PHPSID=127a81792a1f43df221f1........ and after returning to this page, I
see values of SESSION variables as the were before running order.php script
which changed them. On my local server with Windows 2000 SP3 + IIS 5 Web
Server and PHP 4.2.2 version all works FINE for me, what wrong on your
server???? Access to all session variables I'am making this way
$SESSION['nameofvar'].

And on this letter they gave me this answer:

You should try redirecting with full domain name and path.
We are running php in CGI mode, that may be problem.
You should doublecheck this variable again before header() and
use exact varable.

I got this letter just about 3 hours ago, and have no time to try this way what they R recomending, but U can try. If I will have free time tonight I will try your code on their server, and if it will NOT work there, than the answer will clear.

r3n

hmm, i might have missunderstood what you said. but, i changed my first piece of code to

<?
//cookiesubmit.php
setcookie('test','voted',time() + 3600,'/');
header('Location:http://websrv/~uclan/r3nPoll/cookieretrieve.php');
?>

This sent it to the exact same page and still, returned the cookie false value. I'll go try this exact script on my linux server and see what happens 🙂

Yegg

I think U unerstood, But why U didn't change also path in setcookie?

r3n

!!! HELLO 😃 !!!

lol, ok the script works on my linux server perfectly. isnt that interesting... what do you think it was -- the domain name possibly? i can't think of anything else....

here's the code i used:

<?
//cookiesubmit.php
setcookie('test','voted',time() + 3600,'/');
header('Location:http:cookieretrieve.php');
?>

AND

<? 
//cookieretrive.php 
if($_COOKIE["test"])
{echo 'cookie true';}
else 
{echo 'cookie false';} 
?>

r3n

Originally posted by Yegg
I think U unerstood, But why U didn't change also path in setcookie?

do you mean '/' -- this is where the cookie will work from in the site 🙂. i.e. '/' means the root dir, so it will work throughout the site 🙂

u probably didn't mean that hehe, please correct me if so 🙂

Nate

Also try leaving out that 4th parameter in your set_cookie... As long as your page that sets the cookie is in the same or a directory above your page that reads the cookie, it should work. Using that 4th parameter gives me nothing but problems though.

Yegg

I know MAN what this mean, but I recommend U to replace it with real location of your site "http://websrv/~uclan/"

Nate

Originally posted by r3n
!!! HELLO 😃 !!!

lol, ok the script works on my linux server perfectly. isnt that interesting... what do you think it was -- the domain name possibly? i can't think of anything else....

here's the code i used:
<?
//cookiesubmit.php
setcookie('test','voted',time() + 3600,'/');
header('Location:http:cookieretrieve.php');
?>
AND
<? 
//cookieretrive.php 
if($_COOKIE["test"])
{echo 'cookie true';}
else 
{echo 'cookie false';} 
?> 
[/B]

I think you answered your own question 🙂 It works on linux because windows sucks, lol

Yegg

as I have already SAID it works on WINDOWS fine, Win2k+IIS+PHP 4.2.2, problem is't in OS

Nate

i was half joking... but windows still sucks

Nate

Read this: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q176113&

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Microsoft Internet Information Server 3.0
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0
Microsoft Internet Information Server 5.0