cookies &amp; ie...

cookies & ie...

flatpooks

so we have the code working fine on ie6 but ie5.5 doesnt work at all despite everything i tried

does anyone have any ideas what magic incantation i must utter to get it working on (braindead) ie5.5?

many thanks
:mad:

epp_b

Would you display the snipet of code you suspect is incorrect in your script, please?

flatpooks

setcookie("COOKIE_NAME",$temp,time()+31536000,"/","www.domain.com");

$temp being something like "MP|150K"

thanks
🙂

epp_b

I can't seem to find anything wrong with this code. What, exactly, is happening?

flatpooks

it works fine on ie6 but on ie5.5 it doesn set the cookie at all
i have ie6 here on the dev machine but the client has ie5.5 on their machines and it doesnt work

epp_b

Do you need to have the path and domain? I have a script that sets cookies without those parameters, and it works well in both IE5.5 and IE6.

flatpooks

well i didnt at first and it worked fine on ie6 but then i was told it wasnt working on ie5.5

after looking around i found out that apparently i had to include the path and domain for ie5.5 to work properly so i did and it made no difference

its very frustrating cos its the only bug left in the whole project and its been driving me nuts for 4 days now
🙁

epp_b

Hmmm...maybe it's something painfully obvious -- like the cookies are disabled in the IE5.5 browser (probably not 😉 ).

For some reason, I had to fiddle around a bit to get the cookies working with my IE5.5 browser, and they suddenly started working 😕

If your looking for the cookies in c:\windows\cookies[/b], try c:\windows\temporary internet files.

Try changing the data in the $temp var. Maybe "|" is an illegal character (I wouldn't think so, but it's worth a try).

Can I see the active PHP document somewhere?

Try reading setcookie() at php.net

mickknutson

Originally posted by epp_b
Hmmm...maybe it's something painfully obvious -- like the cookies are disabled in the IE5.5 browser (probably not 😉 ).

For some reason, I had to fiddle around a bit to get the cookies working with my IE5.5 browser, and they suddenly started working 😕

If your looking for the cookies in c:\windows\cookies[/b], try c:\windows\temporary internet files.

Try changing the data in the $temp var. Maybe "|" is an illegal character (I wouldn't think so, but it's worth a try).

Can I see the active PHP document somewhere?

Try reading setcookie() at php.net

Maybe you can help me?
I have put my entire issue here:
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10223851&highlight=cookie

dejanb

Hi,
I had a similair problem on one project. I think that problem is in a cookie expiration time.
The problem is that the browser gets from HTTP information when certain cookie expires (server clock). IE then checks time on user computer to decide wheter a cookie is valid (user clock) and if this two clocks are not the same, you can have problems like this (IE will consider a valid cookie expired)

I couldn't find solution for this problem, so I decided not use cookies with short expiration time.

Regards,
Dejan

mickknutson

Originally posted by dejanb
Hi,
I had a similair problem on one project. I think that problem is in a cookie expiration time.
The problem is that the browser gets from HTTP information when certain cookie expires (server clock). IE then checks time on user computer to decide wheter a cookie is valid (user clock) and if this two clocks are not the same, you can have problems like this (IE will consider a valid cookie expired)

I couldn't find solution for this problem, so I decided not use cookies with short expiration time.

Regards,
Dejan

Nope, the COOKIE_DURATION was set to 730, then I changed it to 73099 and it still did not work.

flatpooks

hey thanks 🙂

i recoded the stuff not to use an expiration date/time (i was using time()+a year) and it seems to be working

i hate these mysterious black boxes that sometimes do this and sometimes do that!!

thanks again

dejanb

Originally posted by mickknutson

Nope, the COOKIE_DURATION was set to 730, then I changed it to 73099 and it still did not work.

In which units? Did you pay attention on time zones?
Check differences between your and server clock.

Regards,
Dejan

mickknutson

Originally posted by dejanb

In which units? Did you pay attention on time zones?
Check differences between your and server clock.

Regards,
Dejan

I don't understand.

This is for DCForum at www.dcscripts.com and the owner does not know what is wrong.

but here is the variable I changed:

// Define cookie duration - make it very long
// This value is in days - default is 2 years
define("COOKIE_DURATION",1200);

and here is a generic function used to set the cookie:

function my_setcookie($name,$value,$expires = "") {
if ($expires) {
setcookie($name,$value,$expires);
}
else {
setcookie($name,$value);
}
}

dejanb

Originally posted by mickknutson

I don't understand.

This is for DCForum at www.dcscripts.com and the owner does not know what is wrong.

but here is the variable I changed:

// Define cookie duration - make it very long
// This value is in days - default is 2 years
define("COOKIE_DURATION",1200);

and here is a generic function used to set the cookie:

function my_setcookie($name,$value,$expires = "") {
if ($expires) {
setcookie($name,$value,$expires);
}
else {
setcookie($name,$value);
}
}

Hi,
I don't know how do you use this COOKIE_DURATION variable and this particular function. All I can say is that in setcookie php function, this expires argument is Unix timestamp and if you set it on 5 minutes from now and the clock on your local computer (where the browser is) is 3 minutes ahead your server clock (where php script executes) your cookie will expires for 2 minutes and not for 5 (if you are using IE5)

I hope it helps.
Regards,
Dejan

mickknutson

Originally posted by dejanb

Hi,
I don't know how do you use this COOKIE_DURATION variable and this particular function. All I can say is that in setcookie php function, this expires argument is Unix timestamp and if you set it on 5 minutes from now and the clock on your local computer (where the browser is) is 3 minutes ahead your server clock (where php script executes) your cookie will expires for 2 minutes and not for 5 (if you are using IE5)

I hope it helps.
Regards,
Dejan

I changed the set_cookie to force 1200 as the expiration, and that did not work.

dejanb

Originally posted by mickknutson

I changed the set_cookie to force 1200 as the expiration, and that did not work.

I'm not sure if you are doing this, but it should be something like time() + 1200 (that is 20 minutes from now) not only 1200. If it still does not work, I really don't know how to help you.

Regards,
Dejan