SetCookie() Problem

[alsaffar]

Hi there,

I Have the following code:

<?
$loginUserName = &quot;Ali&quot;;
setcookie (&quot;CkUserName&quot;, $loginUserName, time()+3600, &quot;/&quot;, &quot;.127.0.0.1&quot;,1);
$CkUserName = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[&quot;CkUserName&quot;];
echo &quot;UserName: $CkUserName&quot;;
?>

The cookie set successfully, but I can't retrieve the information from it! (echo is not showing the data from the cookie I set).

Please any help?

 

[sleipnir214]

Have you tried paring down the parameters you pass to setcookie()?

setcookie (&quot;CkUserName&quot;, $loginUserName, time()+3600); Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[alsaffar]

What do you mean by pearing down?

As I mentioned before, the cookie is set successfully, I can browse the cookie in &quot;My Computer&quot; under Cookies folder (WinXP) and all the data is there! But when I try the code:

$CkUserName = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[&quot;CkUserName&quot;];
echo &quot;UserName: $CkUserName&quot;;

Its not working!

Any help

 

[sleipnir214]

&quot;Paring down&quot;...

Notice my line of code. I did not set all of the parameters available, just the first three.

Cookies are squirrely things, particularly on IE. Those extra parameters may be keeping IE from returning the cookie on successive requests. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[alsaffar]

I edited the code and its working fine only the first time the cookie is created with this code:

<?
$loginUserName = &quot;Ali&quot;;
setcookie (&quot;CkUserName&quot;, $loginUserName, time()+3600, &quot;/&quot;, &quot;.127.0.0.1&quot;,0);
$CkUserName = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[&quot;CkUserName&quot;];
echo &quot;UserName: $_COOKIE[CkUserName]&quot;;
?>

But if I change the code for the variable $loginUserName to:

$loginUserName = &quot;Ali123&quot;;

STRANGE!!! Still give me the old cookie value &quot;Ali&quot;.

Also if I delete the cookie from Cookies folder (WinXP) still it gave me the old value, although I checked that data in the new cookie is Ali123 but still with echo it gave me only Ali!!!

Any Idea?

 

[sleipnir214]

Sure.

The cookie data only gets updated at the time the script starts because the data must be sent from the server to the browser and back for the update to be reflected in the values in $_COOKIE. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!

 

[sleipnir214]

This is the reason that the &quot;Remember my login&quot; feature of the Tek-Tips login sends you to an intermediate page. The intermediate page ensures that the cookie is set and ready to be returned before you enter the site. Want the best answers? Ask the best questions:

http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

TANSTAAFL!