Php cookies. (YES I'VE READ THE TUTORIALS.)

[Moptop650]

My cookies set by php are always deleting themselves when I close the browser. (NOT a browser preferance issue, I've checked.

 

Im using:

 

setcookie("mc-pref", $prefs, time()+525600);

 

And have tried:

 

setcookie("mc-pref", $prefs, time+525600);

 

setcookie("mc-pref", $prefs, $time+525600);

 

 

What am I doing wrong?

[trq]

What happens when you use....

 

setcookie("mc-pref", $prefs, time()+60*60*24*30);

 

?

 

The above code should expire the cookie in 30 days.

[Moptop650]

I have it set to expire in a year already.

[ryeman98]

Doesn't a year seem kind of long though?

 

I know very little about cookies and I would set mine for no more than 90 days...

[hitman6003]

If the cookies are deleted when the browser is closed, and no other time, I find it very hard to believe it's anything but a setting in the browser.

 

Perhaps, if you are on an AD domain, it's a profile setting that is clearing the cookies folder at logout.

[per1os]

Maybe try using more of the setcookie parameters, such as domain and path???

 

www.php.net/setcookie

 

<?php
//bool setcookie ( string $name [, string $value [, int $expire [, string $path [, string $domain [, bool $secure [, bool $httponly]]]]]] )

// remember add www. if your site is always referenced by www. if not than just use yourdomain.com
setcookie("mc-pref", $prefs, time()+525600, '/', 'yourdomain.com');

 

Cookies can sometimes be very specific meaning they require a path and a domainname to work properly.

 

Also if you are working on LOCALHOST I would highly suggest looking at this:

http://www.aeonity.com/frost/php-setcookie-localhost-apache