Is your system-time correctly? Most browsers silently ignore cookies with if
they are already expired...
Try telnet-ing to your webserver to see whether it's a client or server
problem.
Sander
----- Original Message -----
From: "Markus Fischer" <mfischer@guru.josefine.at>
To: <kris.wilkinson@titancs.com>
Cc: <php-dev@lists.php.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 10:59
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Bug #14255 Updated: setcookie bug (Cookie is
destroyed/Inaccessible)
> What does
>
> var_dump($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS);
>
> gives you back?
>
> Are you using a customized php.ini?
>
> What browser are you using?
>
> - Markus
>
> On Tue, Nov 27, 2001 at 06:48:49PM -0000, kris.wilkinson@titancs.com wrote
:
> > ID: 14255
> > User updated by: kris.wilkinson@titancs.com
> > Reported By: kris.wilkinson@titancs.com
> > Old Status: Bogus
> > Status: Open
> > Bug Type: HTTP related
> > Operating System: Debian 2.2.19
> > PHP Version: 4.0.6
> > New Comment:
> >
> > Not to sound offensive, have you actually tried it?
> >
> > I've pasted exactly what you just sent back to me, and it wont go.
> >
> > There have been many comments in the newsgroups and the function page
itself about this issue ...
> >
> > people are having to put quotations around the time aspect in order to
get it to work at all, and according to you, that would set the value to
zero right?
> >
> > -> cookie.php
> >
> > <?php
> >
> > setcookie ('CookieName', 'CookieValue', time()+7200);
> > header ("Location: cookie2.php");
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > -> cookie2.php
> >
> > <?php
> >
> > $cookie = $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[CookieName];
> > echo $cookie;
> >
> > ?>
> >
> > that's exactly the test script i'm using.
> >
> > Is there anything wrong with the above?
> >
> >
> >
> > Previous Comments:
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-11-27 13:43:03] sander@php.net
> >
> > setcookie ('CookieName', 'CookieValue', time()+7200);
> > works. If not you're doing something wrong.
> > This is NOT a bug in PHP. Ask further support-questions on the
appropriate mailinglist (php-general@lists.php.net).
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-11-27 13:40:30] kris.wilkinson@titancs.com
> >
> > ANd now .... it's not working again.
> >
> > Suggestions please!
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-11-27 13:03:44] kris.wilkinson@titancs.com
> >
> > Setting a pre-defined value for the time aspect works, however ... just
to let you guys know, if you put
> >
> > setcookie ($mycookie, $myvalue, time()+7200);
> >
> > on my box, and several others that we use, it wont set that cookie!!
> >
> > fyi :)
> >
> > thanks for your help
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-11-27 13:00:03] kris.wilkinson@titancs.com
> >
> > yes there are quotes in the line.
> >
> > If you remove the quotes, the cookie doesn't initialize at all. Should
we be assigning a variable there instead for example :
> >
> > $mytime = time() + 7200;
> >
> > setcookie ("coookiename", "cookievalue", $mytime); ?
> >
> > There have been tones of posts in your setcookie function information
about the cookie not working at all if you do not put the "" in there.
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > [2001-11-27 12:56:31] hholzgra@php.net
> >
> > (switched to feedback status)
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view
> > the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at
> > http://bugs.php.net/?id=14255
> >
> >
> > Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=14255&edit=1
> >
> >
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