[SOLVED] Cookies being read

[gerkintrigg]

Hi all.

 

I'm writing a cookie with the following code:

setcookie("mem", "yes", time()+7200,"/shop/","allpet.co.uk");

And I'm reading it from another page with:

$ul_mem = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["mem"];

but the second page does not recognise it. Is there soemthing I'm doing wrong?

 

Thanks.

[wildteen88]

HTTP_COOKIE_VARS is depreciated. Use $_COOKIE instead.

 

This go for all the other HTTP_*_VARS variables. Example:

 

$HTTP_POST_VARS should be $_POST

$HTTP_GET_VARS should be $_GET

 

ALso note that you cannot use and set cookies that where set on the same page. You will have to refresh the page in order for the cookie that you just set to come available. However if you are setting and using cookies on seperate pages then you dont need to refresh.

[gerkintrigg]

thanks, but it's not made any difference

[per1os]

try this

 

setcookie("mem", "yes", time()+7200,"/shop","/");

OR

setcookie("mem", "yes", time()+7200,"/shop","allpet.co.uk");

 

If that does not work, read up on cookies here:

 

http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php

 

It explains about the domains and paths etc. If this is running on Localhost, you need to set the domain part to false, remember that.

 

--FrosT

[gerkintrigg]

Sorry I was being dumb... I forgot the underscore when I called the $_COOKIE variable... I just did $COOKIE which did very little. Sorry to bother you and thanks for all your help.