Cannot set cookies in Firefox, only in IE

[JCS1988]

Hi, I am trying to set a cookie but it only ever shows up if I am using IE6. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks in advance.

 

setcookie("currentcustomer", $customer_id, time()+3600*24);

[Northern Flame]

try

 

setcookie("currentcustomer", $customer_id, time()+3600*24, '/', 'www.yourwebsite.com');

[JCS1988]

Thanks for the reply. I tried that but I get a syntax error.

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ',' in /whs2fs1_2us4_2/jcs5325aii/domains/jcs5325.aisites.com/public_html/member-index.php on line 6

 

The modified code:

<?php	
session_start();
require_once('auth.php');
$customer_id = $_SESSION['SESS_CUSTOMER_ID'];

setcookie("currentcustomer", $customer_id, time()+3600*24), '/', 'www.jcs5325.aisites.com';

?>

 

[Aureole]

setcookie("currentcustomer", $customer_id, time()+3600*24), '/', 'www.jcs5325.aisites.com';

 

The part in red is your problem.

[JCS1988]

Removing the ")" gives me an error.

 

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';' in /whs2fs1_2us4_2/jcs5325aii/domains/jcs5325.aisites.com/public_html/member-index.php on line 6

 

This is what I have

<?php	
session_start();
require_once('auth.php');
$customer_id = $_SESSION['SESS_CUSTOMER_ID'];

setcookie("currentcustomer", $customer_id, time()+3600*24, '/', 'www.jcs5325.aisites.com';
?>

 

 

[Aureole]

I didn't say remove it, I said it's causing the problem...

 

setcookie("currentcustomer", $customer_id, time()+3600*24, '/', 'www.jcs5325.aisites.com';

 

That's with it removed, do you see anything wrong? Maybe a mising ")" before the semi-colon?

 

The error even tells you the problem... unexpected ';'... that means there's something missing before the semi-colon. Geez.

[JCS1988]

so ")" being the problem, whats the solution to the problem? What has to be done for this to work correctly?

[Aureole]

That's with it removed, do you see anything wrong? Maybe a mising ")" before the semi-colon?

 

The error even tells you the problem... unexpected ';'... that means there's something missing before the semi-colon. Geez.

 

It's staring you in the face...

[JCS1988]

I fixed it but it would only work in IE still. I just got rid of the set cookie and instead used a session that works in both browsers. Thanks for the help!

[Aureole]

Check your Firefox Cookie settings.

[aschk]

I would say this is a browser issue rather than a code issue.

However isn't setcookie() deprecated now? I thought the new syntax was $_COOKIE['name of cookie'] = "value";

[Aureole]

I just found this on PHP.net:

 

If output exists prior to calling this function, setcookie() will fail and return FALSE. If setcookie() successfully runs, it will return TRUE. This does not indicate whether the user accepted the cookie.

 

That's interesting to note... also it isn't deprecated.

[aschk]

Thanks for checking that. Feeling a bit too lazy today to check it myself.

 

setcookie for settings cookies

$_COOKIE for retrieving cookies.

 

 

Good pickup on the setcookie returning false if output has occured already. One to keep an eye out for now...