setcookie() problem

[madcat]

I have a script that sets variables to cookie parameters. This cookie is then called up in another script as a superglobal in order to authenticate links to protected areas.

When I set the cookie like below everything is fine (the links work and the material is protected:

use setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, 0);

but if I were to add any other parameter to the setcookie() function- like expire, path or domain- the call to $_COOKIE no longer takes any action? Why would this be do you think?

I'm running PHP 4.2.2, Apache 2 and Windows XP.

Thanks for any tips.

[jerdo]

setcookie($cookie_name,$cookie_value,0)
is sending and expiration (that's the zero)

[madcat]

I thought that was the security. Any way, why might I not be able to use the other parameters?

[Rohan_Hill]

I think the reason the other parameters weren't taking any effect was just because you were setting the expire time to 0. Anyway, here are all the parameters of the setcookie function:

setcookie ( string name [, string value [, int expire [, string path [, string domain [, int secure]]]]])