using setcookie with IIS 5 and IE 6

glenwagley

I'm trying to ensure that users only fill out a survey if they have a valid login and such. It's easy enough to validate their login and whether they have filled out the survey with a database. However, I need to track them once they have logged in. The obvious answer seems to be cookies. However, when I try to use setcookie with IIS 5 and IE 6, I can't seem to get it to work. Can someone explain how to use setcookie to me? I THINK I'm using it correctly but maybe it doesn't work for PHP as a CGI. Thanks.
-Glen

kinglouie

Glen, we have no chance of detecting errors if we have no code to judge. So give us a chance, won't you? ;-)
And check if the browser you're testing with is cookie enabled.

King Louie

glenwagley

Excellent idea! I must really be losing my mind. Here's a code snippet:
/ Verify user login before displaying any information. /
if ( verifyLogin() )
{
//give them a cookie
srand( (double)microtime() * 1000000 );
$randval = rand();
setcookie( "id", $randval, (time() + 7200), "/emp_survey/", "192.168.0.161", 0 );

//forward the user to the main_menu page
echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"1;URL=esurvey_ITA.php\">\n";

}//end if

I'm not sure how to use the domain parameter. I put in my local IP. That may be causing the problem as well. Thanks!
-Glen

kinglouie

Hi Glen,

I'm not sure if one can use an IP as domain-parameter, so I'd suggest to let the last three parameters away and try again, then add one by one to see whos responsible.
Good luck!

King Louie

barand

I remember reading somewhere that setcookie() does not work with IIS or PWS if there is also a redirection, such as
header("location: mypage.php").

I've resorted to setting the cookie and displaying a successful logon/welcome with a link to the page I wanted to redirect to originally.

hth

Cynthia_Blue

I run an Invisionboard on my server with IIS5 and I was having a darned hard time with some of the cookies being set. After fiddling with it, I had to force the board to go to a redirection page instead of another subroutine... which seems to have fixed the problem. At least I know how to set cookies now. 😉