php set cookie error and then reading cookie

[-fool-]

cookie.php is supposed to set a cookie called lolzz

<?php 
setcookie("lolzz", "", time()+36000);
?>

is the code there.

then on another page i have

<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["lolzz"]))
header("Location: news.php");
else
echo "cookie not set"
?>

this redirects to the news.php if its set, or shows me that the cookie was set wrong (or not set at all).

right now the cookie never sets, and the redirect works even when the cookie is not set.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Here is the full writeup on setcookie()
http://us2.php.net/setcookie

A few things.

The first might be your PHP configuration. It might not be setup to use globals that way. I had that problem on GRW. So try this instead

if (isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['lolzz']))

Secondly, you arn't using a lot of fields when setting the cookie. Try using more fields.

setcookie("lolzz", value, expire, "/", ".yoursite.com");

Lastly, setting a cookie must be the FIRST thing on your page, before header information, web text or redirect locations.

 

[-fool-]

<?php 
setcookie("lolzz", "", time()+36000, "/", "foolz.us", "0");
?>

thats my new cookie code, name, value, time, directory, domain, boolean secure.

and my redirect code is

<?php
if (isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['lolzz']))
header("Location: news.php");
else
echo "cookie not set"
?>

yet it still redirects with no cookie, and the cookie is still not set. could it be browser settings? the page that makes the cookie and the page that uses it are in the same directory.

BUT the page that sets the cookie opens in a new window (blank). is this the problem?

 

[SD_Ryoko]

First, I edited my post, so see the third note about when your allowed to set the cookie.

Then veryify it IS setting the cookie in your local folders.

Also, change "foolz.us" to ".foolz.us".

This allows access to the cookie throughout multiple subdomains.

The path I gave you allows acces through multiple directories.

Say you set the cookie in your root directory, fools.us.

Now when you try to access it in 'fools.us/thisdir' it won't exist for that folder.

Changing the location (.fools.us) allows site wide access to the cookie.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

I just noticed....

Your not giving 'lolzz' a value!

If you don't need a value, give it a '1' or something!

I'm not sure if this is true, but I never tried setting a cookie field WITHOUT a value...?

 

[-fool-]

ty. it all works now

now i can disable viewing the flash intro completely, instead of just hittng skip every time. so if you go to my site the first times, you can see the intro or click skip. and if you go a lot, you just get forwarded to the actual site.

awesome.

 

[SD_Ryoko]

Small features make good sites.

As a suggestion then, have a link somewhere, in case a user is bored and wants to see the intro again.