cookies problem

[firestar_lene]

I have a problem.I have a login page which is login.php and a page where login are verified which is verify_login.php.

when password and user id are entered in login.php,it will go to verify_login.php to verify it and from there,if the user ticked on the remember me checkbox,cookies are set so that user will no need to enter again the user and password.

the problem is the login.php are upper directory and the verify_login.php are lower directory.thus, in the login.php, I have condition whereby if cookie are set, it will automatically login in.I have been told that the cookie need to be set in upper directory, so that the the lower directory can read the cookie.

how to solve this problem because all the while the login page is upper directory and the verify process is lower directory.how to make the login.php to be able to read the cookies existing?

[Drakla]

Set the cookie domain to a forward slash, as this will make it valid for the whole domain

setcookie ( 'mycookie', 'some value', $expiretime, '/');

[edit] cookie PATH I meant, not domain

[quaTTro]

Hello again. I´ve got this code:

if ($submit=="Login") {
	$Link		= mysql_connect ($Host, $User, $Password);
	mysql_select_db("$DBName") or dir ("Could not select database");   

	$Query		= "select * from user where username='$username'";
	$Result		= mysql_db_query ($DBName, $Query, $Link);
	while ($Row = mysql_fetch_array ($Result)) {
		if ($Row["password"]==$password ) {
			setcookie ("Permitido", "OK", time() + 3600);
			print("<CENTER><font size=-1 face=Verdana>Cookie instalada con éxito.<br><br><a href=\"index.php\"><B>Ver administrador de carpetas</B></a></font></CENTER>");
		} else {
			print("<CENTER>Contraseña errónea.</CENTER>");
		}
	}
} elseif ($submit=="Logout") {
	setcookie ("Permitido", "OK", time() - 3600);
	print("<CENTER><font size=-1 face=Verdana>Fuiste deslogueado correctamente.<br><br><a href=\"index.php\"><B>Volver a loguearse</B></a></font></CENTER>");
}

if ($submit!="Login") {
	if ($Permitido!="OK") {
		Login ();
	} elseif ($Permitido=="OK") { // He´s logged.

	if ($submit!="Logout") { //He´s in.
		Logout ();
	}

}
}

It doesn´t seem to work. At least in Win XP, if it does affect. When I Login using the form it says that the cookie was ok, but when I try to access and see, for example, the logout function I can´t: I always go back to the Login page. Why may it happen?

Thanks in advance!

[Drakla]

Have you got register globals on? If not then this line:

if ($Permitido!="OK") should be changed to

if($_COOKIE[$Permitido']=='OK')

If this doesn't work also set the cookie lifetime to be time() + 256060. This will basically get really easy errors out of the way first, if that doesn't work I'll look again.

cheers.

[quaTTro]

It didn´t work. I tried both posibilities, and tried COOKIE['$Permitido'] and COOKIE[$Permitido] but notihng.
Thanks anyway! 🙂

[Drakla]

Just checking again - but have you get register_globals turned on?

If you haven't your $submit, $username and $password would also have to be referenced in either the $POST or $GET arrays.