Cookie path

fionacastle

I keep getting errors when I set the cookie path, I've tried /admin and admin and it either doesn't like a \ (there isn't one) or I get a T STRING error. Any help would be appreciated.

raymie

Some examples of you code would help!

dalecosp

Originally posted by fionacastle
I keep getting errors when I set the cookie path, I've tried /admin and admin and it either doesn't like a \ (there isn't one) or I get a T STRING error. Any help would be appreciated.

Well, how are you passing the info in the script...if it doesn't like \ and 'there's not one,' then PHP is escaping the data, you might try stripslashes() or something like that....T STRING indicates a similar syntax issue, doesn't it?

dalecosp

fionacastle

Here's my code:

$cookie_name = "auth";
$cookie_value = "ok";
$cookie_expire = "time() +3600;
$cookie_path = "/admin";
$cookie_domain = ".www.***.co.uk";
setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, $cookie_expire, $cookie_path, $cookie_domain);

Also I'd like the cookie to expire when I close the browser window, but it doesn't like me leaving out cookie expire and having a blank space and a comma?

Any help appreciated.

raymie

try

$cookie_name = "auth"; 
$cookie_value = "ok"; 
$cookie_expire = 0; 
$cookie_path = "/admin"; 
setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, $cookie_expire, $cookie_path);

expire should be 0 if you want it to be only while the browser is open.

I have taken out the domain since I think the asterisks may be a problem. If you need the domain specified then take it from the server vars array ($_SERVER).

Hope that this helps.