Problem with Cookies

Anon

On some windows 98 system when i try to put cookies using setcookie() function php does not put cookie on the system.

But if on the system javascript cookies work fine and cookies from sites like yahoo etc work fine.

Please help me urgently if this is a bug or any alternative way to achieve this

Anon

Make sure you are using the correct arguments for the function:

IE:
setcookie('cookiename','cookievalue',(time()+2592000),'/','www.domain.com',0);

This cookie would expire in 30 days. All arguments except the name argument are optional.

If your still having problems try checking:
http://www.php.net/manual/function.setcookie.php
for more information.

Troy

Anon

One thing that I forgot to note. If you don't set an expiration date the cookie will be a session cookie only and it will not be saved on the system when the browser is closed. To set a cookie that won't expire you can try placing "-1" in place of (time()+2592000)

Troy

Anon

i had every possible problems using cookies.. but after to learn what i want to do, the problems gone...
if you cant set a cookie, verify how many times are you trying to do it..
setcookie('cookiename');
setcookie('cookiename', 'value', time()+3600);
its ll return um empty cookie, cause setcookie function is executed in reverse
order - it was hard to learn this..
if you using cookies to validation of secions (like me) its possible some times you
call a function to validate and another to end a secion.. as executed in reverse
order, you never reset this values..

Anon

Here is my login code for ur reference :

PHP 1:
<?
include('logdet.php3');

$link = mysql_connect($DB_HOST, $DB_USER, $DB_PSWD);
$login = strtolower($LoginName);
$password = strtolower($NewPassword);
$flag = "n";
$result=mysql($DB_NAME,"SELECT * FROM u_table where user_id='".$login."' and user_password='".$password."'");

while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_row($result))
{
$flag="y";
$path= $myrow[2]

$cid= $path;
@setcookie("user_id",$login,time()+7200,"/","www.xxyyzz.com",0);
}
if ($flag != "y")
{
echo "<body>";
echo "<p align=center><h2> Sorry ! Access Denied </h2></p>" ;
echo "<p align=center><h4> Check your login name and password </h4></p>";
echo "<BR><BR>";
echo "<a href='javascript:history.back()'>Click Here to go Back</a>";
echo "</body>";
return;
}
else
{
echo "<body><script language='javascript'>";
echo "location.href='sec.php3?path=".$path." ' ";
echo "</script></body>";
}
?>

PHP 2 :

<?
if(!isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["user_id"])) {
echo "<head><script language='javascript'>";
echo "location.href='cookieexpire.htm'";
echo "</script></head>";
exit();
}
?>

logdet.php3 variables such as $DB_HOST etc containing name and passwords of database. It does not contain any html code in it.

LoginName is the variable the which i get from my html form which i validate with my users table and if found try to set a cookie.

But on some windows 98 systems this cookie is not set which i verify in my second php3 and then send him to cookieexpire.htm.

Anon

Here is my login code for ur reference :

PHP 2 :

<?
if(!isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["user_id"])) {
echo "<head><script language='javascript'>";
echo "location.href='cookieexpire.htm'";
echo "</script></head>";
exit();
}
?>

logdet.php3 variables such as $DB_HOST etc containing name and passwords of database. It does not contain any html code in it.

LoginName is the variable the which i get from my html form which i validate with my users table and if found try to set a cookie.

But on some windows 98 systems this cookie is not set which i verify in my second php3 and then send him to cookieexpire.htm.

Anon

@setcookie("user_id",$login,time()+7200,"/","www.xxyyzz.com",0);

try remove the argument after time on setcookie function:
@setcookie("user_id", $login, time()+7200);

if still dont works, i cant help you...

dont forget to look the documentation about setcookie function at www.php.net