[RESOLVED] Cannot Retrieve Cookies

Dillenger

I have setup a login form that will set a cookie, the cookie sets fine but I cannot retrieve me cookies for some reason. Here is the code:

setcookie ("userName", $_POST[userName],strtotime("+1 month"));
setcookie ("userPassword", $_POST[userPassword],strtotime("+1 month"));
setcookie ("userID", $row1[userID],strtotime("+1 month"));

Here is how I am trying to retrieve it:

echo "$_COOKIE[userName]";

Like I say, it creates the cookies (3 separate ones), so I know they exist, but won't display them.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

laserlight

Use:

setcookie("userName", $_POST['userName'], strtotime("+1 month"));
setcookie("userPassword", $_POST['userPassword'], strtotime("+1 month"));
setcookie("userID", $row1['userID'], strtotime("+1 month"));

and

echo $_COOKIE['userName'];

Notice that the array indices have been quoted properly since they are presumably strings.

suntra

Are you trying to access the cookie with $_COOKIE on the same page ? If yes, you can't !

Otherwise, set the cookies and go to another (on the same domain) that simply contains phpinfo() and check if the cookies are set...

Dillenger

laserlight wrote:
Use:
setcookie("userName", $_POST['userName'], strtotime("+1 month"));
setcookie("userPassword", $_POST['userPassword'], strtotime("+1 month"));
setcookie("userID", $row1['userID'], strtotime("+1 month"));
and
echo $_COOKIE['userName'];
Notice that the array indices have been quoted properly since they are presumably strings.

Tried this, still doesn't show anything. 🙁

Dillenger

suntra wrote:
Are you trying to access the cookie with $_COOKIE on the same page ? If yes, you can't !

Otherwise, set the cookies and go to another (on the same domain) that simply contains phpinfo() and check if the cookies are set...

It's not on the same page, its on a totally different page but still won't show up. How do I check if cookies are set with phpinfo?

laserlight

It's not on the same page, its on a totally different page but still won't show up.

Well, it can still show up on the same page, of course, but only after a reload. In this case, it seems rather strange.

How do I check if cookies are set with phpinfo?

Look for the PHP Variables section. For more practical testing in scripts, use [man]isset/man or [man]empty/man.

Dillenger

laserlight wrote:
Look for the PHP Variables section. For more practical testing in scripts, use [man]isset/man or [man]empty/man.

Ok so I tested it with this:

if (empty($_COOKIE['userName'])) {
    echo '$_COOKIE is either 0, empty, or not set at all';
}

Seems that its showing up empty, not sure why because I can actually see the cookies in my browser log.

bradgrafelman

What is the full URL to the page that you set the cookie on, and what is the full URL of the page that you're attempting to retrieve it on?

Dillenger

bradgrafelman wrote:
What is the full URL to the page that you set the cookie on, and what is the full URL of the page that you're attempting to retrieve it on?

Here is the login page:

http://www.eatmevictoria.com/login.php

Here is the members page after you log in, it will only set a cookie if you select remember me. otherwise it creates a session, which works fine.

http://www.eatmevictoria.com/members.php

bradgrafelman

Hmm. Are you sure you're accessing the site from the same subdomain each time? Note that eatmevictoria.com and www.eatmevictoria.com are not on the same subdomain, so by default settings cookies would not be shared between the two.

Can you add the following code to the members.php page and paste the output for us:

echo 'Server thinks one month from now is: ' . date('m/d/Y', strtotime('+1 month')) . '<br>Dumping cookie information: ';

var_dump($_COOKIE);

Dillenger

Here is the output from that code.

Server thinks one month from now is: 12/03/2007
Dumping cookie information: array(0) { }

Dillenger

It makes no sense, when i create the cookie in the actual members.php page and then refresh it can read it. if I create it in the login page and then try and display in members it cannot read it

Dillenger

hmmm... could it have something to do with the path? when I set it in the login.php page the path of the cookie shows up as /login/

Dillenger

yup, that was the answer. just need to make the path be to the root of the site.