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php cookie doesn't set!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:46 am
by nariman
I am trying to learn cookie in php and the first step does not work. I have tried these:
$value = 'test';
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value);
$value = 'test';
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,0,'/');
$value = 'test';
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,0);
and none of them sets a cookie when I test with isset(). any reason?
My browser is set to accept cookies.
Re: php cookie doesn't set!!!
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 10:55 am
by nariman
nariman wrote:I am trying to learn cookie in php and the first step does not work. I have tried these:
$value = 'test';
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value);
$value = 'test';
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,0,'/');
$value = 'test';
setcookie ("TestCookie", $value,0);
and none of them sets a cookie when I test with isset(). any reason?
My browser is set to accept cookies.
I checked my cookies and it shows that a phpsessionID is set but why isset() does confirm it? when I move it to the top of HTML it works!!! how can I put the code inside the HTML?
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:23 pm
by pickle
The middle one is the one you want (probably

). That will make the cookie not expire, and it will be valid over your whole domain. Try doing just the middle one then seeing what print_r($_COOKIE); gives you.
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:42 pm
by nariman
Thank you.
I figured it out, I copied and pasted all the cookie section to the top of the page above headers and the problem is fixed.
How can I delete a cookie. I am setting the time to time()-40000 and it doesn't release it!
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 12:51 pm
by pickle
The simple answer is: You can't. I've never heard of a way to actually DELETE a cookie. The closest you can do is expire it. That way it will become invalid. Or, you could set it's value to '' and instead of doing a simple isset() check, actually check the value. I think the latter is the better method.
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2004 2:52 pm
by nariman
I used setting the time to past and it is working properly, thanks.