probs with setcookie();

[asa_carter]

Hi,

I'm having problems with setting cookies when i run this script on my ISP's server. It works fine on my local server. It's nothing to do with the privacy settings in IE. Anyone got any suggestions?

http://www.cartermediadesign.co.uk/cookie.php

<?
if(isset($_COOKIE['testcookie']))
  echo "cookie exists";
else
  echo "cookie does not exist!";
setcookie("testcookie", "cookie", time()+60);
?>

Cheers

[tommynanda]

Wat exactly is your problem... isnt the cookie set?

[tommynanda]

Here is the solution

NOTE: you shudnt send any headers or data to browser before setting cookies so when it reads the if statement if cookie is not set for the first time it returns "cookie does not exist!" to browsers so headers are already sent. so replace the code like this. AND refresh the page twice u can see "cookie exists".

<?
setcookie("testcookie", "cookie", time()+60);
if(isset($_COOKIE['testcookie']))
echo "cookie exists";
else
echo "cookie does not exist!";
?>