POST Set-Cookie Error

jtmerchant

$fp = pfsockopen("ssl://www.broderbros.com", 443, $errno, $errstr);
if (!$fp) {
   echo "$errstr ($errno)<br/>\n";
   echo $fp;
} else {
   fputs($fp, "POST /cgi-bin/broderliv/inx_productPage.htm?sr=5930  HTTP/1.1\r\n");
   fputs($fp, "Host: broderbros.com\r\n");
   fputs($fp, "Set-Cookie: $cookiename=$cookievalue"); 
   fputs($fp, "Connection: close\r\n\r\n");
   while (!feof($fp)) {
       echo fgets($fp,8192);
   }
   fclose($fp);
}

Echoes the page as if no cookie was set. Also shows at the end of the page:
[pre]Warning: fgets() [function.fgets]: SSL: fatal protocol error in C:\PHP Site\broderbros\fopen.php on line 20
[/pre]
But it doesn't show that warning if I take out the Set-Cookie line. What is wrong?

drew010

Set-Cookie is what a server will send to a client browser, but a browser sends to the server a Cookie header. You should make it like this:

fputs($fp, "Cookie: $cookiename=$cookievalue;");

also there is no need to call pfsockopen, over fsockopen since you close it and the behaviour of a normal http request is to close after the data is sent, but i suppose it doesnt really make any difference.

jtmerchant

Well it still doesn't work... I don't know...

drew010

is the cookie data you are sending encrypted as well? if its not that could be why its complaining.

jtmerchant

Hmm... I think it might be a session cookie... does that make any difference?

LoganK

Also, why are you using the POST method when you're not POSTing any data? GET would be more appropriate.