#28409 [Com]: setcookie doesn't seem to work

ID: 28409 Comment by: webmaster at 8interactive dot com Reported By: harshit at oinka dot com Status: No Feedback Bug Type: *General Issues Operating System: Windows 2000 Professional PHP Version: 4.3.5 New Comment: I have the same problem. PHP version 4.3.3 on Windows NT WIN406 5.0. I got the cookies to set after I got rid of the header line. This needs to be fixed. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-24 01:00:03] php-bugs at lists dot php dot net No feedback was provided for this bug for over a week, so it is being suspended automatically. If you are able to provide the information that was originally requested, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Open". ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-15 19:55:53] solace at ezmail dot ru Very strange, but I can advise: 1) Use full URL with host name in location header 2) Output something to browser (echo "anything") after header(). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-15 19:29:00] iliaa@php.net Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip Also, please indicate what php sapi & webserver are you using. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2004-05-15 13:50:49] harshit at oinka dot com Description: ------------ The setcookie function call as expected was supposed to set a desired cookie. However due to the presence of a header function immediately after the setcookie call, the setcookie function fails to set the cookie. I was using the header function as a means of redirection. I managed to solve the problrm using a meta refresh but am intrifued as to why setcookie failed to perform its role. I've checked the return value for setcookie, it returns a "true" value. Reproduce code: --------------- if(empty($_COOKIE['id']){ //set cookie for 24 hours setcookie("id",123,time()+60*60*24); header("Location: redirpage.php"); }else{ header("Location: mainpage.php"); } Expected result: ---------------- After checking for the cookie and setting it the code should redirect to redirpage.php. It redirects alright, but does not set the cookie. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=28409&edit=1