#39994 [Opn->Bgs]: setcookie() docs don't say what to pass in "expire" to get a session cookie

ID: 39994 Updated by: bjori@php.net Reported By: jason191 at herkamire dot com -Status: Open +Status: Bogus Bug Type: Documentation problem PHP Version: Irrelevant New Comment: Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. Due to the volume of reports we can not explain in detail here why your report is not a bug. The support channels will be able to provide an explanation for you. Thank you for your interest in PHP. setcookie() _sets_ cookies, it does not retrieve them. Use the $_COOKIE autoglobal array. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-12-31 04:28:10] jason191 at herkamire dot com cleaned up bug title ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2006-12-31 04:25:37] jason191 at herkamire dot com Description: ------------ The documentation for setcookie() here: http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php does not specify what value to pass to the "expire" parameter to get a session cookie. It does say that the default value is a session cookie, but doesn't say how to get this result by passing a value. This is important information for two reasons: 1) I wrote a function that calls setcookie() and has a parameter for the length of time the cookie will last. I would like to be able to inform users what value they can pass to get a session cookie. 2) Perhaps there is a way, but I don't know how to pass the parameters after "expire" without setting the "expire parameter. I'm sure many others don't know how either. One of the user comments says that he was able to get a session cookie by passing 0 (zero), but I do not know if this works across different PHP versions. Thank you for your time. Best regards, - Jason Woofenden ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=39994&edit=1