Bug #18073 Updated: SetCookie generates error-message with empty string as parameter #3

ID: 18073 Updated by: sander@php.net Reported By: matslin@orakel.ntnu.no -Status: Open +Status: Bogus -Bug Type: Documentation problem +Bug Type: HTTP related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 4.2.1 New Comment: No, the docs say you can skip any argument _except_ expire and secure with an empty string, you should use 0 to skip expire and secure. From http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php: "You may also replace any argument with an empty string ("") in order to skip that argument. The expire and secure arguments are integers and cannot be skipped with an empty string. Use a zero (0) instead." Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-06-30 15:01:00] matslin@orakel.ntnu.no While the documentation says that the third parameter is optional and can be given with a empty string, the following code does now generate a warning: <?php setcookie('test', '', ''); ?> This changed somewhere between 4.1.2 and 4.2.1. Since error-output before trying to set the cookie is somewhat problematic (when not using output buffering) this also broke BC in a minor way. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=18073&edit=1