Cookie Issue - List Of Countries

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Hi there,

 

I have a bit of an issue setting the cookie for a page. I have an entry page that displays a list of countries and after the user selects one from the combobox I would like to

store the user's choice in a cookie so that it doesn't have to go through the same process, when he/she is returning to the site and also to use the country name when displaying content on some other pages of the site.

 

I can see the cookie in FireFox, in IE I can't see it, but it doesn't work. It keeps displaying the page like there is no cookie.

 

I have tried whatever methods I found, setting the cookie with JavaScript, and some other ones I saw on the comments listed under php documentation page but without success.

I am running Apache and PHP and I am converting the site from ASP.

 

Here is the source code and the files:

 

country.inc

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<?php

 

function get_country_name($country_folder) {

$country_name = '';

 

    if ($country_folder != '') {

if ($country_folder == 'Aruba') $country_name = 'Aruba';

if ($country_folder == 'Antartica') $country_name = 'Antartica';

// .......................... (list of countries) ....................

    }

return $country_name;

}

 

?>

 

 

index.php

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<?php

if (session_id() == "") session_start(); // check if there is a session and if it isn"t, start one

 

// initialize variables

$URL = "http://www.intelligencerealm.com/";

if (isset($_COOKIE["Country"])) {

$country = $_COOKIE["Country"];

$country_folder = substr($country, 1);

 

// remove cookie if found - it was used on the old ASP web site

setcookie("Country", $country, time()-60*60*24, "/", ".intelligencerealm.com", 1);

} else {

if (isset($_COOKIE["CountryFolder"]))

$country_folder = $_COOKIE["CountryFolder"];

else

$country_folder = "";

}

 

if ($country_folder != "") {

$_SESSION["CountryFolder"] = $country_folder;

$_SESSION["CountryName"] = "";

 

$URL = $URL . "session.php?CountryFolder=" . $country_folder;

} else {

// default country

$country_folder = "Canada";

$country_name = "Canada";

 

$_SESSION["CountryFolder"] = $country_folder;

$_SESSION["CountryName"] = $country_name;

 

$URL = $URL . "index_ie.php";

}

}

$URL = "Location: " . $URL;

 

// cookie will expire in 7 years

setcookie("CountryFolder", $country_folder, time()+60*60*24*30*12, "/", ".intelligencerealm.com", 1);

 

header($URL); // redirect to URL

exit;

?>

 

 

session.php

----------------------------------------------------------

<?php

require_once("country.inc");

 

session_start();

 

// initialize variables

$URL = 'http://www.intelligencerealm.com/';

$country_name = '';

 

// retrieve QueryString value

$country_folder = $_GET['CountryFolder'];

 

if ($country_folder != '') {

$country_name = get_country_name($country_folder);

 

$_SESSION['CountryFolder'] = $country_folder;

$_SESSION['CountryName'] = $country_name;

 

$URL = $URL . 'Countries/Local/index.php?CountryFolder=' . $country_folder;

}

 

$URL = 'Location: ' . $URL;

 

header($URL); // redirect to URL

exit;

?>

 

 

Any help on how to do that would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thank you very much.

 

Best regards,

Ovidiu Anghelidi

 

ovidiu@intelligencerealm.com

http://www.intelligencerealm.com/aisystem

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