Cookie problem

[Larry101]

Can anyone see anything wrong with this code? I just cant seem to get it to work and I've tried it on 2 PC's  :'(

 

<?PHP
setcookie("user1", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);
echo "Cookie Set <br />";



echo "OK....... ";


?>

[Ken2k7]

What's wrong with the code? Do you mean the cookie isn't being set or are the echos not working?

[Larry101]

What's wrong with the code? Do you mean the cookie isn't being set or are the echos not working?

 

Sorry.. the cookie doesn't seem to be setting.

[Ken2k7]

What's wrong with the code? Do you mean the cookie isn't being set or are the echos not working?

 

Sorry.. the cookie doesn't seem to be setting.

How are you verifying that?

[Larry101]

I am using this to set the script.. test.php

 

<?PHP

setcookie("user1", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);

echo "Cookie Set (supposeably!)<br />";


echo "OK....... ";


?>

 

and then I am using this script to retrieve the info (I am running it from a seperate browser session)... test1.php

 

<?PHP

$the_date = date("m/d/y: H:i:s",$timestamp);


if (isset($_COOKIE["user1"]))
  echo "Welcome " . $_COOKIE["user1"] . "!<br />";
else
  echo "Welcome guest!<br />";
  
  print_r($_COOKIE);

echo "OK....... ";


?>

 

But it fails to pick up the cookie data plus I can't physically find a cookie in the files.

[Ken2k7]

supposeably? lol, very nice.

 

Can you make the following changes?

 

Replace:

setcookie("user1", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);

 

With:

$cookie = setcookie("user1", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);

echo $cookie? 'woot!' : 'omg fail';

 

Tell me what that prints out.

[Larry101]

supposeably? lol, very nice.

 

Can you make the following changes?

 

Replace:

setcookie("user1", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);

 

With:

$cookie = setcookie("user1", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);

echo $cookie? 'woot!' : 'omg fail';

 

Tell me what that prints out.

 

The output was

 

woot!Cookie Set

OK......

 

 

When I run test1.php I get this....

 

Welcome guest!

Array ( [logintheme] => cpanel [cprelogin] => no [cpsession] => closed ) OK.......

[Ken2k7]

Wait, what do you mean when you run test1.php? Where are the files located?

[Larry101]

hallelujah...  solved it... thanks for your help Ken2k7 you pointed me in the right direction.

 

Coz I haven't been on PHP for a few years I was trying to retrieve the variable without using the $_COOKIE["    "]. When I implemented that into the actual script I was trying to fix it fixed the problem.

 

:D