Hi, I have this piece of code which authenticates the user then sets a cookie. The problem is that I cannot read the cookie later, either with $cookiename or $_COOKIE["cookiename"].
My code = <?php $colcode='red'; $c1=$uid; setcookie ("uid", "$c1"); $db = 'herondiary'; $dbuser = 'root'; $dbpass = ''; $dbhost = 'localhost'; mysql_connect($dbhost,$dbuser,$dbpass) or die("could not connect"); mysql_select_db("$db") or die("could not open database"); if (!isset($uid) || !isset($pwd)){ header("Location: default.php"); }else{ $query = "select * "; $query.= "from users "; $query.= "where (id='".$uid."' "; $query.= "AND pwd='".$pwd."')"; $result = mysql_query($query); $row = mysql_num_rows($result); if ($row == "0") { echo $query; header("Location: default.php"); }else{ while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)){ setcookie ("valid", "ok", time() +28800); } } header("Location: diary.php"); } ?> And before someone suggests sessions, I've loooked at several tutorials and cannot get them to work either. This is all set up using PHP4.0.6 on Win NT4. Any help appeciated - this is doing my head in. Cheers George === George Pitcher HERON Technical Manager Ingenta plc 23-38 Hythe Bridge Street, Oxford, OX1 2ET T +44 (0)1865 799137 direct T +44 (0)1865 799000 switchboard F +44 (0)1865 799134 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.ingenta.com Ingenta: Empowering the exchange of academic and professional content online. -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php