Cookie, no take no variable value, speeko daygo?

demonicfoetus

Hi there

I pass variable $user and $pass from login.php to loggedin.php using:
http://blahblah/loggedin.php?user=$user&pass=$pass

In loggedin.php i have the following code:

<?
setcookie ("user", $user,time()+3600);

?>
<html>
<head>
<title>You have sucessfully logged in</title>
</head>
<body>
<?
echo $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["user"];
?>
</body>
</html>

Why isn't my variable $user from login.php being given to the cookie?

Thanks

-DF

rIkLuNd

You might have to use $HTTP_GET_VARS, like this:

<? 
setcookie ("user",$HTTP_GET_VARS['user'],time()+3600); 
?> 
<html> 
<head> 
<title>You have sucessfully logged in</title> 
</head> 
<body> 
<? 
echo $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['user']; 
?> 
</body> 
</html>

demonicfoetus

Damn, didn't work

rIkLuNd

What method do you use in the login form, GET or POST?

demonicfoetus

post

suntra

Then use $HTTP_POST_VARS["user"] or $_POST["user"]

planetsim

This may not work cos of cookies not enabled.. Enable them if there not..

demonicfoetus

🙁 Nope didn't work. I changed it to POST and set Internet Explorer to allow all cookies but it still displays nothing!

Would it help if i pasted all of my code, from all the pages i mean?

Sorry about this, thanks for your help

rIkLuNd

Try this:

<? 
if(isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['user']))
{
echo "<html> 
<head> 
<title>You have sucessfully logged in</title> 
</head> 
<body>
".$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['user']."
</body> 
</html>\n";
}
else
{
   setcookie("user", $user,time()+3600);
   header("Location: $HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]");
}
?>

demonicfoetus

weird, now i get an error 404, i think its something to do with the:
header("Location: $HTTP_SERVER_VARS[PHP_SELF]"); bit cos i've uploaded the files

rIkLuNd

change that to the name of the file.

demonicfoetus

I've changed it to header("Location: loggedin.php[PHP_SELF]");
But i still get an error 404

rIkLuNd

I mean like this:

header("Location: loggedin.php");

demonicfoetus

no luck

Now it just sits there on the login.php page, doesn't go to logged in.

See for yourself:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/demonicfoetus/login.htm

User: will
Pass: bowles

demonicfoetus

I tried altering the code to sessions instead of cookies

session_start();
session_register("user", "pass");
echo $HTTP_SESSION_VARS["user"];

But it still don't get anything echoing.

Could it be something in my servers php.ini file not set up?