[SOLVED] darn setcookie() wont work..

[clown[NOR]]

I'm tearing every single hear off my head now... i just cant get this set cookie to work... does anyone have any clue why it wont work?

both $tmpUser & $tmpPass contains value...have double checked that...

 

<?php

	include('config/db.php');
	$tmpUser = trim($_POST['username']);
	$tmpPass = trim($_POST['password']);
	setcookie("username", $tmpUser, time()+24*3600*12);
	if (!mysql_connect($dbHost, $dbUser, $dbPass)) { die("Unable to connect to DB"); }
	if (!mysql_select_db($dbName)) { die("Unable to select to DB"); }

	$query = "SELECT * FROM users WHERE username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($tmpUser) . "'";
	$result = mysql_query($query);
	if (!$result) { die("Could not run query from DB"); }

	while ($dbField = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
		$chkPass = $dbField['password'];
	}
	if ($tmpPass != $chkPass) {
		echo "Wrong password";
		#header("Location: index.php");
		#exit;
	} else {
		echo "You have been signed in as: ".$_COOKIE['username'];
		#$query = "UPDATE users SET status = 'ONLINE' WHERE username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($_COOKIE['username']) . "' AND status = 'OFFLINE'";
		#if (!mysql_query($query)) { die("Could not run query from DB"); }

		#header("Location: index.php");
	}

?>

[clown[NOR]]

ok... it's setting now... but only if I click the login button 2 times...hehe... =)

[PC Nerd]

um, its prolly setting but you cant veiw cookie contents on the page that its set, ie, refresh and itll work

 

also, its header information, so your database connection isoutput, thats prolly why

 

um, i think i use itm but am not sure

 

look at output buffereing, start_ob(), fluch_ob ()

 

um, searhc some of my previously "cookies" or "lgin system" sort of stuff started by me

theres a nice explaination there

 

gdlk

[clown[NOR]]

i figured it out... it must have been something about the setcookie .. what I did was:

i changed this line:

"UPDATE users SET status = 'ONLINE' WHERE username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($_COOKIE['username']) . "' AND status = 'OFFLINE'";

 

to this

"UPDATE users SET status = 'ONLINE' WHERE username = '" . mysql_real_escape_string($tmpUser) . "' AND status = 'OFFLINE'";

 

i posted the solution to... incase somebody else is facing the same issue....