[Resolved] Another Cookie Issue

KrelianXgs

First off, I apologize but I couldn't find anything that was exactly matching my problem.

The problem is simple, my cookie scripts aren't working on my site. So, I went back to the very basics and made 2 very simple pages to test things out.

c1.php

<html>
<?php
setcookie ('TestCookie', 'test', time()+ 60);
?>
<a href="c2.php">c2</a>
</html>

c2.php

<html>
<?php
if (!empty($_COOKIE['TestCookie']))
{
	echo "Cookie working";
	echo $_COOKIE['TestCookie'];
}
else
{
	echo "Cookie not working";
}
?>
</html>

Very simple, yet for some reason it doesn't work and I always get "Cookie not working".

I'm using PHP 4.3.10. I've tested these scripts out with IE 6 on Win2k as well as Netscape Navigator on Mac OS 9 and they did not work in either case.

wilku

Hail the great wisdom of php manual - [man]setcookie[/man]

setcookie() defines a cookie to be sent along with the rest of the HTTP headers. Like other headers, cookies must be sent before any output from your script (this is a protocol restriction). This requires that you place calls to this function prior to any output, including <html> and <head> tags as well as any whitespace. If output exists prior to calling this function, setcookie() will fail and return FALSE. If setcookie() successfully runs, it will return TRUE.

PHP MANUAL - the first place to look if you've got a problem (especially if you know what is the name of the function).

EDIT: I've noticed a similar problem a few posts below - you could at least skim through the titles (if not search the forum).

KrelianXgs

Thanks, I knew it was something simple and silly. Everything is working okay again.