Help with cookies

[jimmyp3016]

Hey Guys,

 

I need some help with cookies. What im trying to do is store an refferer id so if someone comes back to my webpage, the person who reffered them will get the credit. Here is what I have but it does not store the cookie.

Any help ASAP would be much appreciated.

 

$ref = $_REQUEST['referer'];

                         if ( !$ref )
	$ref = -1;

if(isset($_COOKIE['mysite']))
	{ 
	echo ""; 
	} 
else 
	{ 
	$Month = 2592000 + time(); 
	setcookie(mysite, $ref, $Month);
	} 

[trq]

Unless you have defined the constant mysite somewhere this will not work....

 

setcookie(mysite, $ref, $Month);

 

Try....

 

setcookie('mysite', $ref, $Month);

[jimmyp3016]

Thanks for the quick response.

 

I dont think its pulling the cookie once its set because I have a hidden value in my form

 

<?php if ($_REQUEST['ref']) echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer\" value=\"".$_REQUEST['ref']."\" />"; ?>

 

If I hit mysite.com?ref=4

 

That hidden value shows 4 and should store a cookie

 

But if i then go to mysite.com

 

it should pull the cookie and show the hidden value of 4 but it doesnt.

 

Any thoughts?

[jimmyp3016]

Ok,

 

disreguard my last post

 

by doing a

 

print_r($_COOKIE);

 

It DOES display my stored cookie and the ref value.

 

My only question is how can I get that value to populate my hidden form value of

 

<?php if ($_REQUEST['ref']) echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer\" value=\"".$_REQUEST['ref']."\" />"; ?>

 

Do i request the cookie instead?

[MadTechie]

Try

 

<?php 

if ($_GET['ref']) echo "<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"referer\" value=\"".$_COOKIE['mysite']."\" />"; 

?>