Duplicate cookie being set in IE?

mickknutson

Please bear with me as I have heaps of info I need to add to tell about my issue:

In a nut shell, I have a PHP discussion forum at http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/dcboard.php that I can't seem to post with IE as I have changed the TOP.HTML file that is used to display the data above the forum.

Long version:

I am running DCForum which is setting a cookie for posting restriction in this forum.
I changed the default html in a file called top.html which changes the top portion of the HTML for the forum.
When I did this, there are 2 cookies being set instead of 1. Netscape works just fine, but IE 5.5 keeps trying to set 2 cookies and that is keeping me from posting due to an error in the cookie check.

I am working with the person who developed the forum, but he does not know why my HTML is causing this, and says nobody else is having this issue.
Any ideas/help?

I attached the HTML file that is added to the output. The default one that worked out of the box was only <body> and nothing else. Way too plain for me.
The website is www.blincmagazine.com/forum/dcboard.php

Here is a posting by the forum creator about what he found:

I just registered and logged in...username dcscripts. Here is a post that I made:

http://www.blincmagazine.com/forum/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=6&topic_id=22&mesg_id=22&page=

UPDATE - the post was done with Netscape...I could not do the same with IE. So, I set cookie setting to prompt before store the cookie...one thing that I noticed is that it tries to set dccookie more than once...it should only set it once. Try this experiment:

Set your IE to prompt for cookies
Visit your forum...you will see that each time it will ask you to store dccookie more than once...
Visit this support forum...you will see that each time it will only store the cookie once...

So, what I'm thinking is that whatever changes you made to the header section or other scripts, maybe you are trying to set two cookies???

NOTE - this is the same behavior when you try to post...a cookie name dcpc should only be set once...

sijis

is the setcookie() inside a loop?
is the TOP.html page being refreshed as a user logs in?

try comparing your current TOP.html file to the original or working TOP.html file. that should give you some help.

otherwise, you'd have to post some code, where you think you are having problems with.

mickknutson

Originally posted by sijis
is the setcookie() inside a loop?
is the TOP.html page being refreshed as a user logs in?

try comparing your current TOP.html file to the original or working TOP.html file. that should give you some help.

otherwise, you'd have to post some code, where you think you are having problems with.

I don't think it is in a loop.
But, the original top.html is this:
=====START==========

<body>
=====END==========

Nothing else. (yes boring)

The new top.html is this:
=====START==========
<body bgcolor="#000000" link="#CC99FF" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" topmargin="0" leftmargin="0" alink="#9966FF" onLoad="MM_preloadImages('/images/menu/base_on.gif','/images/menu/photo_on.gif','/images/menu/commun_on.gif','/images/menu/services_on.gif','/images/menu/news_on.gif','/images/menu/store_on.gif','/images/menu/links_on.gif'); resetStatus();" text="#FFFFFF" vlink="#9966FF">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="715">
<tr>
<td colspan="2">
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="89" width="715">
<tr valign="top">
<td width="115" valign="bottom"><a href="http://www.blincmagazine.com"><img src="/images/topleft.gif" width="115" height="89" border="0"></a></td>
<td width="34" valign="bottom"><img src="/images/left_fill.gif" width="34" height="89"></td>
<td width="332" valign="bottom"><img src="/images/blinc_logo.gif" width="332" height="89"></td>

<FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/forum/dcboard.cgi" METHOD="POST">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="az" VALUE="search">
<input type="hidden" name="s_forum" VALUE="all">
<input type="hidden" name="fields" VALUE="all">
<input type="hidden" name="days" VALUE="0">
<input type="hidden" name="search_archive" value="yes">
<td>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><img src="/images/search_r1.gif" width="234" height="38"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="69"><img src="/images/search_r2b.gif" width="69" height="38"></td>
<td width="114" bgcolor="#CC99FF"><input type="text" name="keywords" size="12" value="search" onFocus="JavaScript:this.value=''"></td>
<td width="51" bgcolor="CC99FF"><input type="image" src="/images/search_r3_c2.gif" width="51" height="38" border="0"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="3"><img src="/images/search_r4.gif" width="234" height="13"></td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
</form>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td colspan="2">

<table width="715" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td width="115" valign="top">
<table width="115" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
<tr>
<td><a href="/content/wextra7.pl/c/3d?cat=5" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('knowledgeBase','','/images/menu/base_on.gif',1)"><img name="knowledgeBase" border="0" src="/images/menu/base.gif" width="115" height="36"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://www.blincmagazine.com/cgi-bin/gallery/imageFolio.cgi" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('photoGallery','','/images/menu/photo_on.gif',1)"><img name="photoGallery" border="0" src="/images/menu/photo.gif" width="115" height="38"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/cgi-bin/forum/dcboard.cgi" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('forums','','/images/menu/forums_on.gif',1)"><img name="forums" border="0" src="/images/menu/forums.gif" width="115" height="38"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/reviews/" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('reviews','','/images/menu/reviews_on.gif',1)"><img name="reviews" border="0" src="/images/menu/reviews.gif" width="115" height="38"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/news.shtml" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('news','','/images/menu/news_on.gif',1)"><img name="news" border="0" src="/images/menu/news.gif" width="115" height="38"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/store/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=BS" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('stores','','/images/menu/store_on.gif',1)"><img name="stores" border="0" src="/images/menu/store.gif" width="115" height="38"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="/cgi-bin/links/dcd.cgi" onMouseOut="MM_swapImgRestore()" onMouseOver="MM_swapImage('Image14','','/images/menu/links_on.gif',1)"><img name="Image14" border="0" src="/images/menu/links.gif" width="115" height="38"></a></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6">
<tr>
<td> 
<table border="0" bgcolor="#9966CC" background="#9966CC" width="120" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td>
<TABLE BORDER="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="1" background="">
<TR bgcolor="#000000">
<TD COLSTART="1" align="left">
<form action="/cgi-bin/mail/s.pl" method="POST" TARGET="blank">
<font color="CC99FF"><B>FREE Subscription</B></font><br>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" SIZE="13" NAME="e" VALUE="mail@addr.com" onFocus="JavaScript:this.value=''">
<br>
<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="subscribe" VALUE="subscribe" ALIGN="TOP">
<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="l" VALUE="2 ">
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Subscribe">
</form>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<p class="ads"> 
<script language="javascript">

</script>
<noscript>
<a href="http://www.blincmagazine.com/cgi-bin/adcycle/adclick.cgi?manager=adcycle.com&gid=3&layout=multi&id=643" target="blank"><img src="http://www.blincmagazine.com/cgi-bin/adcycle/adcycle.cgi?gid=3&layout=multi&id=643" width=120 border=1 ALT="Click to Visit or sponsors"></a>
</noscript>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>

</td>
<td valign="top" align="center">

<table width="575" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6">
<tr>
<td align="center"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="center">
<p class="ads">    <a href="/cgi-bin/suite/calendar/calendar.cgi"><img src="/images/event.gif" width="33" height="24" border="0" alt="Event Calender"></a>
    <a href="/chat/"><img src="/images/chat.gif" width="31" height="24" border="0" alt="Talk with other BASE-Jumpers"></a>
    <a href="http://www.basejumper.net" target="blank"><img src="/images/email.gif" width="25" height="24" border="0" alt="You've Got Mail !" target="blank"></a>
    <a href="javascript:ShowRecommend();"><img src="/images/tell.gif" width="34" height="24" border="0" alt="Tell a friend about BLiNC"></a>
    <a href="/help/"><img src="/images/faq.gif" width="25" height="24" border="0" alt="Visit Frequently asked questions"></a>
    <a href="/cgi-bin/weather/hw3.cgi"><img src="/images/weather.gif" width="40" height="24" border="0" alt="Check Weather"></a>
    <a href="/store/merchant.mv?Screen=SFNT&Store_Code=BS"><img src="/images/cart.gif" width="31" height="24" border="0" alt="Shop for BASE Products at BLiNC"></a>
    <br>
<script language="javascript">showBanner(1, 4, 468, 60);</script>
<noscript>
<a href="/cgi-bin/adcycle/adclick.cgi?manager=adcycle.com&gid=1&layout=multi&id=4" target="blank">
<img src="/cgi-bin/adcycle/adcycle.cgi?gid=1&layout=multi&id=4" width=468 height=60 border=1></a>
</noscript>
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left">

=====END==========

mickknutson

There is also a function that prints the HTML before the TOP.html:
=====START==========
print <<<END
<html><head>
<title>$title</title>

<meta name="keywords" content="base jumping, basejumping, wtc jumpers, Escape parachute, base jump, people jumping from wtc, base-jumping, base jumping parachutes, BASE parachuting, blinc magazine, b.a.s.e gear, base jump minimum height, bridge day, base jump norway, pictures of people base jumping, what is base jumping, base jumping death, base jumping association">
<META NAME="description" CONTENT="BASE Jumping - BASE is an acronym for Building, antennae, span (Bridge), and Earth and thus represents the fixed-objects from which BASE jumps are made. This site has over 4,500 documents on base-jumping, fixed object parachuting and skydiving to give you everything you ever wanted to know about base jumping, parachuting, wingsuit flying and more.">
<META NAME="rating" CONTENT="General">
<META NAME="expires" CONTENT="never">
<META NAME="language" CONTENT="english">
<META NAME="charset" CONTENT="ISO-8859-1">
<META NAME="distribution" CONTENT="Global">
<META NAME="robots" CONTENT="INDEX,FOLLOW">
<META NAME="revisit-after" CONTENT="1 Day">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="expires" CONTENT="0">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="cache-control" CONTENT="no-cache">
<META NAME="email" CONTENT="blinc@basejumping.net">
<META NAME="publisher" CONTENT="basejumping.net">
<META NAME="copyright" CONTENT="Copyright ©2002 - basejumping.net">
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="/style/style.css">
<LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="dc.css">
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="/scripts/scripts.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" language="javascript" src="dcf.js"></script>
</head>
END;
=====END==========