That was it. The date format. Thanks very much, Andre. sqb
On 5 September 2010 13:49, Andre Garzia <an...@andregarzia.com> wrote: > Stephen, > > I think you are using the wrong date format for the cookie. From wikipedia: > > The expiration date tells the browser when to delete the cookie. The > expiration date is specified in the "Wdy, DD-Mon-YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT" > format. As an example, the following is a cookie sent by a Web server > (the value string has been changed): > > Set-Cookie: RMID=732423sdfs73242; expires=Fri, 31-Dec-2010 23:59:59 > GMT; path=/; domain=.example.net > > That format is similar to the internet date but it is not the internet > date. I think you will need to assemble that out of the dateitems or > something. Other way is to encode your cookie value such as it carries > expiry information on the value field itself. For example > > Set-Cookie: one=valueone#1283719646; > > Then on your code you split it using # as a itemdelimiter. valueone is > your actual value, the number after the hash is "the seconds", an > exact timestamp of when the cookie was set. You can use that on your > code to invalidate a cookie if needed. This puts the control of > expiration on your hands. > > Andre > > On Sun, Sep 5, 2010 at 5:28 PM, stephen barncard > <stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: > > > > I am still having trouble dealing with the effective use of setting and > > clearing cookies properly using the Revolution server at On-Rev. > > > > put new header "Set-Cookie: one=datavalue" > > put new header "Set-Cookie: two=datavalue2" > > > > > > Yes, that sets the values that can be recovered, but to delete the cookie > by > > attempting to set an early expiry date seems to fail every time. > > > > put new header "Set-Cookie: two=datavalue2 ; expires=May 5,2010;" > > > > put "Set-Cookie: " && tln & "=" & urlEncode(pArray[tln]) & "; expires=" > & > > ("March 24, 2012") & "; path=/;" into theCookie > > put new header theCookie > > > > > > I have been around and around to all the forums and see the same posts > about > > getting put new header to work last year but nothing about actual success > > setting the expiry date. > > > > PHP makes it easy: > > > > <?php > > $value = "my cookie value"; > > > > // send a cookie that expires in 24 hours > > setcookie("TestCookie",$value, time()+3600*24); > > ?> > > > > > > Tested, PHP works, just like this. Sets the date, too. > > > > In Rev it's as if the put new header command truncates the other > parameters. > > > > > > Surely someone here has a solution to this in RevTalk. > > > > thanks > > > > sqb > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > Stephen Barncard > > San Francisco Ca. USA > > > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-revolution mailing list > > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > > > > -- > http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution > -- Stephen Barncard San Francisco Ca. USA more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution