Cookies Disappear when I close the browser

[Garethp]

I have the following code

 

if(!isset($_COOKIE['TOS']))
{
$expire = time() + 60*60*24*31*12*5;
setcookie('TOS', 'No', $expire);
}

$TOS = $_COOKIE['TOS'];

 

And on successful login, I have

 

$expire = time() + 60*60*24*31*5;
setcookie('TOS', 'Yes', $expire);

 

Now, $TOS determines whether or not the Checkbox for "I accept the TOS" is checked on page load or not. I can login and logout and the checkbox will still be ticked. I can login, logout and close the tab and the checkbox will still be ticked. But once I close the browser, when I open it again the checkbox is unticked.

 

Any idea what can be wrong?

[Garethp]

Anybody? I don't mean to be a nag, but this is really bugging me

[Muddy_Funster]

Pass, the only thing I can suggest is

setcookie('TOS', 'Yes', $expire, 1);

but I'm not hopefull.

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Does closing the browser and visiting the page again also include using a different URL from the URL that was used when the cookie was set, such as one that has a www. on it or no-www. on it or is using a different path to the file?

 

You are not specifying the path or domain parameters in the setcookie() so the cookie will only match the exact hostname/subdomain (www. is a hostname/subdomain) and path where the cookie was set at.

[Garethp]

Turns out that I'd forgotten to set $expire outside of the if(!isset($_COOKIE['TOS'])), so when it set Yes, $expire was undefined, hence defaulting to 0. Thanks for the help anyway

[PFMaBiSmAd]

We only see the information you supply in your posts. If you post code that shows you are setting a value right before you use it, we must assume that is your actual code or you would not have posted it together    -

 

$expire = time() + 60*60*24*31*5;
setcookie('TOS', 'Yes', $expire);