Script to place cookie works in firefox but not in Internet Explorer

ghurty

Hello,

I have been using the following script to find out what location the user has last chosen from a drop down list.
I testing it in firefox, and everything was working great.
However, when i tried to access the page using Internet Explorer, it would not save the cookie. When every I would go back to the page it would revert to the default location (new york).
I am using IE 7 with vista, I tried it with the privacy setting at medium and at low. It didnt work either which way.

Thanks

if(isset($_GET['activelocation'])){
$activelocation = $_GET['activelocation'];
setcookie('location', $activelocation, time()+60*60*24*30);
} elseif(isset($_COOKIE['location'])){
$activelocation = $_COOKIE['location']; //if the cookie is set, get the value
} else{
setcookie('location', 'New York, NY', time()+60*60*24*30);
$activelocation = "New York, NY";
}

bradgrafelman

When you visit the site, are you visiting the same subdomain as well? E.g. if the cookie is generated when you go to http://mysite.com then your current code would NOT work at http://www.mysite.com .

Also, double check that your server's time is set correctly.

ghurty

Thank you,

You visit the exact same site.

For example. I have a page that calculates ocean tides.
When you first visit the site, it defaults your location to New York.
You then can choose from a drop down list a different city (ex: los angeles).

Now, if you exit and come back, I want it that it will display los angeles, and not new york.

In Firefox it does do that, however in Internet Explorer it doesnt.

The server is on 1and1, so the time should be okay.

Thanks