cookie form

[cheesycarrion]

I'm trying to make a form with a checkbox for setting if you want to see the welcome page when you go to my site. I have three pages:

settings form - /directory.php?page=settings - [url=http://carrion.9999mb.com/directory.php?page=settings]http://carrion.9999mb.com/directory.php?page=settings[/url]

[code]<div class="newsarticle">
<div class="newsarticletitle">
Settings
</div>
<div class="newsarticlebody">
<p><b><img src="images/icons/notice.png" />These are saved as cookies on your computer. You must have cookies enabled for these settings to work right. They won't stay attached to your account on CC.</b></p>

<form action="directory.php" method="GET">
<input type="hidden" name="page" value="settings" />
<input type="hidden" name="location" value="2" />

<!-- I put these hidden forms here because the results page isn't right on directory.php; I have lots of other pages in it too. -->
<!-- I didn't know how to say "if the checkbox is checked" in the results page so I used a textbox. Please help me with this too. :) -->

<p><input type="text" name="homeswitch" value="<?php
if ($_COOKIE['homeswitch']=='1')
{
echo '1';
}
elseif ($_COOKIE['homeswitch']=='0')
{
echo '0';
}
else
{
echo '1';
// by default the homepage is on.
}
?>" /> Display Welcome Page - Type 1 or 0</p>
<p><input type="submit" value="done" /><input type="reset" value="cancel" /></p>
</form>
</div></div>[/code]

results form - /directory.php?page=settings&location=2 - [url=http://carrion.9999mb.com/directory.php?page=settings&location=2]http://carrion.9999mb.com/directory.php?page=settings&location=2[/url]

[code]<?php
if ($homeswitch >= "1")
{
setcookie("homeswitch", "1", time()+1000000000);
// this one says that it's enabled and to keep the cookie for one billion seconds, I think.
}
elseif ($homeswitch == "0")
{
setcookie("homeswitch", "0", time()-3500);
// this should be to delete the cookie
}
?>[/code]

results form - /index.php - [url=http://carrion.9999mb.com/]http://carrion.9999mb.com/[/url]

[code]<?php
if ($_COOKIE['homeswitch']=="1")
{
header ("location: directory.php");
}
else
{
// the index page is displayed here.
}
[/code]

[trochia]

Sets cookie for 120 days

$cookieTime = time() + 60*60*24*120;

[cheesycarrion]

thanks. one billion seconds wasn't really ideal. I'm still having the problem though. I still know I messed on something else in there. Also there's still the checkbox issue.

[trochia]

Just create a button to : http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-destroy.php

Isn't that the goal?

[cheesycarrion]

well the problem I'm having is creating the cookie. All the cookie is supposed to do is to disable the homepage and have it redirect to directory.php. I'll keep that in mind for getting rid of the cookie though.

[trochia]

Are you storing a session for it?

[cheesycarrion]

no. does it only need to be in the index?

[trochia]

You'll want to set it, during your inital login-registration...  and you'll be checking for it from your index, (if you want) or on links after one views intial site for the first time.

session_start;
  session_register("s_email");

----------

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/features.http-auth.php

[cheesycarrion]

Thanks trochia. Now it's working perfectly!

[trochia]

Not a problem...glad I could help.....

[cheesycarrion]

here's what it is now:

settings page (with unimportant parts cut out):
[code]<p><input type="checkbox" name="homeswitch" value="homeon" <?php
if ($_COOKIE['homecookie']=='1')
{
echo 'checked';
}
elseif ($_COOKIE['homecookie']=='0')
{
echo '';
}
else
{
echo 'checked';
}
?> /> Display Welcome Page</p>[/code]

I cut a lot of other stuff from the page out because I made a stylesheet switcher script in the same form.

That submits to this page (GET), again cutting out the bit for the style changer:

[code]<?php
$cookieTime = time() + 60*60*24*120;
$homeswitch = $_GET["homeswitch"];
session_start;
  session_register("homepageon");
if ($homeswitch==null)
{
setcookie("homecookie", "0", $cookieTime);
}
elseif ($homeswitch=="homeon")
{
setcookie("homecookie", "1", $cookieTime);
}
?>[/code]

and on the index page

[code]<?php
if ($_COOKIE['homecookie']=="0")
{
header ("location: directory.php");
}
else
{
// the 'click to enter' page is here
}
?>[/code]