You can't set a cookie and do a header("Location:") on the same page.
It will work in some versions of some browsers, and not in others.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Newsgroups: php.general
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2001 9:07 AM
Subject: [PHP] Cookies reprise...
> At 08:12 AM 2/9/2001, you wrote:
> lets see some code..
>
>
> Okay, for those so inclined....
>
> I did say the page the cookie script was included on was rather complex.
> I will say that I double checked and made sure the cookie variables
weren't
> overwritten in another include file.
>
> You can see what I mean by going to http://www.yaysoft.com (use IE if at
> all possible) and on the right side bar where it says "User Status" and
has
> a message saying "You are not logged in" you can click on the login link
> below it.
> I created an account for anyone who wants to try (everything works except
> the login cookie) so you don't have to waste your time signing up with the
> script, note it is case sensitive:
> user name: php
> password: php
> after you click the login thing the cookies will be set and the page will
> not view them.
>
> If you used IE and you navigate to c:\windows\temporary internet files or
> wherever your cookies are stored, you should notice that a cookie has been
> set... with the path set to the root "/" and the domain set to
> "www.yaysoft.com" but the cookies will not show up in the browser.
>
> I have copied the script to a text file at
http://www.yaysoft.com/yaylogin.txt
>
> And for any who want to quickly glance at it, here is the code snippet
> where the cookies are set:
> if ($item[0]>0) {
> setcookie("ucrumb", $uname, time()+31536000, "/", "www.yaysoft.com",
0);
> setcookie("pcrumb", $pass, time()+31536000, "/", "www.yaysoft.com",
0);
> header("Location: http://www.yaysoft.com");
> } else
> header("Location: $PHP_SELF?l_action=login&bad=1");
>
> And here is a slice from where they are supposedly supposed to be
accessed:
> // Now check to see if we are currently logged in to the Yaysystem...
> // First check to see if the variables plain out don't exist...
> if ((!$ucrumb)||(!$pcrumb)) {
> echo "You are not logged in.<br>";
> echo "<font size=\"1\">";
> echo "<br>[<a
> href=\"http://www.yaysoft.com/yaylogin.php?l_action=login\">Login</a>] ";
> echo "[<a
> href=\"http://www.yaysoft.com/yaylogin.php?l_action=new\">New</a>]";
> echo "</font>";
> // If they DO exist make sure they are a correct pair as per the
database...
> } else {
>
> However, I've outputted the contents of $ucrumb and $pcrumb once I get to
> the little segment where they are supposed to be accessed and they contain
> nothing, so it seems to me that they aren't being sent to the script
(which
> resides in the root path where the cookie is set to!) I've used HTTP
> headers to set the cookies as well, and the problem still persists.
>
> I know this is long and boring and tedious crap, so I don't really expect
> anyone to reply, BUT if any of you have the time or inclination, any
> help/suggestions/advice would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards,
> Matt
>
>
>
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