Problems Setting a Cookie

mashed0185

Hi all,

I am very new to php and am just playing at the moment to get my head around things. I am trying to set a cookie with the following script and it just doesnt seem to be working!!! here is the script:

<?php
setcookie('username', 'Joe', time()+60);
session_start();
$_SESSION['authuser']=1;
?>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Find my Favourite Movie!</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
	$myfavmovie=urlencode("Life of Brian");
	echo "<a href='http://217.41.12.252/cameron/docs/moviesite.php?favmovie=$myfavmovie'>";
	echo "Click here to see information about my favourite movie!";
	echo "</a>";
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

I have tried using " quotation marks instead of ' i have also tried putting the cookie after the session_start command, i have even tried assigning the value to a variable instead of using the 'Joe' string and it still refuses to set the cookie!!!!! I have also double checked that the browser i am using to view the website allows cookies.

I use the following script to check whether the cookie has been set:

<?php
session_start();
//check to see if user has logged in with a valid password
	if ($_SESSION['authuser']!=1) {
		echo "Sorry, but you dont have permission to view this page.";
		exit();
	}
?>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>My Movie Site - <?php echo  $_REQUEST['favmovie']?></TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<?php
	print_r($_COOKIE);
?>
</BODY>
</HTML>

All this returns however is the following:

Array ( [PHPSESSID] => ec94480afb47cc8aa629e72eb9f31032 )

which (with my limited knowledge ha ha!!) i can work out is only the session ID!!

Can anybody help me figure this one out?

Thanks in advance

suntra

Write the session_start() function, and then the phpinfo() function in a Web page and have a look at the PHP Variables section, are the Session Variables and the Cookie set ?!

<?
session_start();
phpinfo();
?>

mashed0185

these are the only variables set on the phpinfo page under variables other than the server and enviroment ones:

PHP_SELF /cameron/docs/moviesite.php

REQUEST["favmovie"] Life of Brian
REQUEST["PHPSESSID"] 939be94930cfe879df3ab656c030a11b
GET["favmovie"] Life of Brian
COOKIE["PHPSESSID"] 939be94930cfe879df3ab656c030a11b

so it seems like the session variable is available to the get/request command but no sign of the _COOKIE["username"] i was expecting

suntra

Make sure your broswer's settings do not prevent cookie..

mashed0185

I have also double checked that the browser i am using to view the website allows cookies.

I have already done this and another interesting thing i have found from the PHP info screen is that wherever there is reference to a cookie it only has the session info such as the following

in the http request headers section the only reference is to this
Cookie PHPSESSID=939be94930cfe879df3ab656c030a11b

and in the http response headers section thsi is the only reference to cookies
Set-Cookie PHPSESSID=939be94930cfe879df3ab656c030a11b; path=/

i can see this obviously means my cookie request is not being parsed and sent with the headers i just cannot figure out why!!!!!! arghhhhh!!! lol

mashed0185

Any one got ne other ideas? am still stuck on this one!!