Cookies and a Self-Submitting Form

[makamo66]

I am using setcookie in a self-submitting form. Once the form is submitted, it sends an email and then it redirects to the next page by using a header. The problem is that the cookies aren't set for the email even though they are set (and displayed) on the next page. I've tried using the following code to reload the page before I send the email but to no avail:

 

setcookie("survey_username", $_POST['yourname'], time() + 31536000, '/survey/', $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'], 0);

header("Location: ". $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']);

exit;

[public-image]

could you not make the email be sent on the next page? if not then.. Why arent the cookies on during the email or is that another problem?

[makamo66]

I ended up redirecting with a header to a new page and then only after that sent the mail and then the cookies were set properly. I'm not that happy with the solution though as it meant I had to add three new pages and that seems kind of messy. I should have been able to reload the page after setting the cookies to make it work.