[SOLVED] session cookie in Internet Explorer

[informvarma]

Hello all,

session level cookie in IE8 is not happening, any help in this regard is much appriciated.

 

the following code works good in FF. But in IE it fails giving a higher life time makes it work in IE. But i need a session cookie

 

setcookie('name', 'value', 0, '/', 'mydomain.com');

 

Thanks

Varma

[jackpf]

Well, that's how I set my cookies. Seems to work. However, I do precede my domain name with a full stop. I don't know whether it makes any difference, but that's the code I use.

[informvarma]

Nope, tried that too.

dosent work.

 

if I give a extended expiry time, like the snippet below,  it works fine.

 

setcookie('name', 'value', time()+3500, '/', 'www.domain.com');

[informvarma]

damn, looks like IE session cookies has problems with domain name having `-`, removed that and all is fine.

[mandred]

You don't have to specify the path or the domain name.

 

Also, time()+3500 is only about 1 hour. The cookie will not work once that hour comes, so make it a year if you're shooting for a 'forever' type cookie.