These cookies killed me on IE6

wmac

I don't know when I will find a solution to this problem. Everytime I come and start programming I came across this !!!!

Now I am trying to setup a php program which works correctly on my Netscape installation but it does not work on IE6.

It puts cookies using below command:

setcookie("akashaID", $ID, time()+ 12000);

I have done everything to force IE6 to accept all cookies but yet above command does not put cookies.

Tools-> Internet Options -> Privacy -> Advanced ->
(X) Override automatic cookie handling
(X) Accept First Party Cookies
(X) Accept Second Party Cookies
(X) always allow session cookies

I have also added my server name to trusted internet addresses.

Why this Sh***t IE6 does not work correctly?

How can I solve this problem?

Mac

danielhalawi

I'm using cookies on my site, the file is stored on my computer, but God knows where?
The cookie must be stored somewhere because each of my pages on my site loooks for the cookie on every click, and my users and I don't have any problems.
But I search the computer manually and automatically and still unable to find it.

John_Canyon

Well, IE is a little tricky when it comes to cookies. Try something simliar to the code below and it should work. Dont forget to enter a path, and a valid expiration date.

setcookie('foo', 'bar', time()+3600, '/', 'example.com');

The above will set a cookie valid on example.com for 1 hour.

That should work if you set it to your domain name.

Cheers.

John

jzeman

If you are running XP, the cookies for your IE6 browser session are stored in:

c:\documents and settings<your account>\cookies as text files.

If you are testing on the same machine that is hosting, then the cookie will be called <your account>@

I haven't gone to my fully qualified domain name or used the IP address locally, so I don't know if the localhost will change to whatever you use to access the page. I suspect it will.