cookie and header problem

teddmcload

i am desinging a member area.

users enters their username and password. i am checking the entries with login.php page. the login.php page is below.

$login = mysql_db_query($dbasename, "select memberid, memberlevel, name, surname from members where username='".htmlspecialchars($username)."' and password='".md5($password)."' and active='1'");
if (mysql_num_rows($login) == "1") {
$row = mysql_fetch_array($login);
setcookie("memberid", $row[memberid], time()+2592000);
$name = $row[name] . "  " . $row[surname];
setcookie("name", $name, time()+2592000);
setcookie("siteid", md5($row[memberlevel]), time()+2592000);
//header("Location: default.php");
exit;
} else { 
echo "error";
}

if the entries are correct i will set some cookies. and i will redirect the page to the default.php. after the redirecting action the cookies can not be set. i cannot read the cookies at default.php

if i don't redirect the login page the cookies sets. but if i redirect the page the cookies don't set.

how can i solve this problem?

dalecosp

Originally posted by teddmcload
if the entries are correct i will set some cookies. and i will redirect the page to the default.php. after the redirecting action the cookies can not be set. i cannot read the cookies at default.php

if i don't redirect the login page the cookies sets. but if i redirect the page the cookies don't set.

how can i solve this problem?

Are you sure the cookies aren't "setting"?

A cookie is not available until a new page has been loaded. The header redirect sends the browser to the new page without telling it that your login.php script was loaded, so the cookies are not available because the setting script is the one currently in the browser.

Solutions:

a] have the login script echo "Congrats, you made it, enter here" (or something) and provide a link to the member page.

b] use [man]session[/man]s. They're meant for this sort of thing.

HTH,

teddmcload

i solve the problem like this.

user enters his username and password. after the varification i will show him a page. this page redirect itself in 1 seconds to the default.php

i searched in this forum. i learnt that if you use win 5.0 or higher version of IIS and php i dont do that thing which i asked before.