And you can do so if you turn on output buffering. Having PHP send off JavaScript to do this is a massive hack that has no place in PHP. Write your own setcookie wrapper function if that is what you want.
-Rasmus On Sat, 11 May 2002, jtjohnston wrote: > Rasmus > server-side / client-side, that's not the point. > > My point is PHP can, could and should be able to set a cookie after HTML is > set. > But of course, Jan has already closed the issue, as usual. > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17158 > > > > > > PHP is a server-side language and as such it deals with server-side > > issues. If you want to write javascript that sets a client-side > > Javascript cookie, go ahead. It has nothing to do with PHP and PHP will > > certainly not get in your way. > > > > -Rasmus > > > > On Sat, 11 May 2002, jtjohnston wrote: > > > > > This is a bug "Feature/Change Request" I made to: > > > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17158 > > > > > > setcookie() states "cookies must be sent before any other headers > > > are sent (this is a restriction of cookies, not PHP). > > > > > > I argue this is a restriction of PHP, not cookies. > > > > > > Here is my proof: > > > > > > http://www.collegeSherbrooke.qc.ca/languesmodernes/cookie.htm > > > > > > I can do this any time in <body> : > > > > > > <script> > > > setCookie("TestCookie","first time",expdate); > > > var DisplayData = getCookie("TestCookie"); > > > document.write(DisplayData); > > > setCookie("TestCookie","second time",expdate); > > > var DisplayData = getCookie("TestCookie"); > > > document.write(DisplayData); > > > </script> > > > > > > I want to be able to setcookie() anytime I want, before and after I > > > declare any HTML. > > > This will never get changed, unless we ask for it. > > > > > > I would appreciate your vote of support at: > > > > > > http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=17158 > > > > > > before the bug people "close" this thread. > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > -- > John Taylor-Johnston > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ' ' ' Collège de Sherbrooke: > ô¿ô http://www.collegesherbrooke.qc.ca/languesmodernes/ > - Université de Sherbrooke: > http://compcanlit.ca/ > 819-569-2064 > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
