Req #68390 [Opn->Dup]: setcookie to override same name cookies
Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68390&edit=1
ID: 68390
Updated by: aharvey@php.net
Reported by: coladict at gmail dot com
Summary: setcookie to override same name cookies
-Status: Open
+Status: Duplicate
Type: Feature/Change Request
Package: *General Issues
PHP Version: Irrelevant
Block user comment: N
Private report: N
New Comment:
Duplicate of bug #67736 (which links to https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/795, where a
lively discussion is taking place on whether this should be changed or not, and if so, how).
Previous Comments:
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[2014-11-10 10:45:41] coladict at gmail dot com
Description:
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The last Set-Cookie header, setting a cookie by the same name, always overrides the data in the
browser, but multiple set-cookie headers are send for the same name. This initially caused our proxy
server to reject the response, because the header size exceeded the default limit.
setcookie() should override previous calls to the same cookie name. It should also issue an E_NOTICE
message when overriding a previously called cookie, for easier tracing of problems where a cookie
might wrongly be overridden.
Test script:
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<?php
setcookie('randomcookie','olddata');
setcookie('randomcookie','newdata');
Expected result:
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In the response headers as suggested:
Set-Cookie:randomcookie=newdata
Actual result:
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In the response headers as it is now:
Set-Cookie:randomcookie=olddata
Set-Cookie:randomcookie=newdata
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