[SOLVED] How to check expired cookie?

[limitphp]

I set a cookie with this:

setcookie("nwo",$tempID, time()+3600*24*365);

 

When I check if the cookie is set with this:

if (isset($_COOKIE['nwo'])) {

}

 

how do i check the expirationDate?

 

thanks,

php 5.2.6

[PFMaBiSmAd]

You cannot. The browser only sends the cookie name and value to the web server.

 

What are you trying to accomplish?

[limitphp]

You cannot. The browser only sends the cookie name and value to the web server.

 

What are you trying to accomplish?

 

I'm trying to create a login system where users can select "remember me" and come back to the site without logging in.

So, I set a tempID in the cookie and then put that tempID in a table along with their userID.

Here's my code so far for

if ($mode==1){
$query = "SELECT * FROM user WHERE username = '$username' AND password = '$password'";
$result = mysql_query($query);
$data = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$userID = $data['userID'];
$username = $data['username'];
$fname = $data['fname'];
if ($data<>""){
		$loginExist=1;
		$tempID = md5(uniqid(rand(),true));
		setcookie("nwo",$tempID, time()+3600*24*365);
		mysql_query("INSERT INTO tempTable (tempID, userID, expirationDate) 
		VALUES ('$tempID', '$userID', 'time()+3600*24*365')");
	}else{
		$loginExist=0;
	}
}

if (isset($_COOKIE['nwo'])) {

}

 

So, if the cookie is set, then that means it must not be expired?

 

 

 

 

[revraz]

Yes if the cookie is present, it's valid.  Once it expires, it is removed.