Cant set the expiry for cookie!

trinh

Hi everybody !

Could you tell me whats wrong in the following code:

setcookie("cookie", "lien", time()+3600, "/","",0);

It didnt work (server didnt sent the cookie to browser), but I wonder why its OK if I replace the above code with

setcookie("cookie", "lien", 3600, "/","",0);

whats the meaning of "3600" ? is it 3600 seconds or minutes or what ?

Whats the code if I'd like to set a cookie which expire after 1 houre from current time

Help me please ! Im using PHP 4.0.1p12, apache, Linux7😕

dopey

From manual:

The expire argument is a regular Unix time integer as returned by the time() or mktime() functions.

so you are correct in using time()+3600 e.g. expire 1 hour from now. (3600 seconds in an hour)

Be aware that the cookie will only appear on subsequent page request, not on the one you set it on.

Also, make sure your server clock and client clock are set to the same time, or you may be setting a cookie that has already expired on the client according to it's local time.

Cheers,
Andy.

trinh

Thank you!
I understand what you mean, but
actually my server didnt send any cookie to my browser for the 1st time it see the code setcookie("cookie","lien",time()+3600)
If replace time()+3600 with 3600 that is
setcookie("cookie","lien",3600), my server do send the cookie to my browser its OK. So why is that ?
(I have set the cookie option to my browser to prompt any time it receive cookie so Im sure that it didnt receive any cookie with the
1st script (time()+3600), but it did receive the cookie with
the 2st script (3600) )

I think there somthing implied with the 3rd argument of
the setcookie(), or some special setting inside PHP parser or Apache, but I havent known, have you ?

adamgeorge

Hey man,

well, the syntax

 setcookie("cookie","lien",time()+3600);

is definitly fine. So the problem is probably somewhere else...

try this out:

file1
setcookie.php

<?
setcookie("cookie","lien",time()+3600);
Header("Location: testcookie.php");
?>

file2
testcookie.php

<?
if(isset($_COOKIE["cookie"])
   echo $_COOKIE["cookie"];
else
   echo "Cookie not set!";
?>

k, so pretty much if you get a 'Cookie not set!' message that would mean the problem is somewhere else... maybe with your internet browser settings, or with your php settings.

so... have a look and see what happens.