RE: [PHP] Setcookie() and header()

Accidentally replied to sender instead of list -------------------------------------- Wow. You hit the nail on the head. :) I installed PHP on IIS via the executable, so I gather I have one of two choices: -- Research your article and see how to work around the problem OR -- Use ISAPI. (how do I go about doing this? :) Thanks again for your help so far. J. Alden Gillespy (aka Dogga) Microsoft Beta Tester: - Office 11 - Content Management Server (CMS) 2002 - Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Sims [mailto:mhsims@midsouth.rr.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2003 1:08 AM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Cc: jlarson@candlefire.org; doggabow@jackloren.com > > On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 22:34:49 -0700, you wrote: > > >Unless I am mistaken, the typical behavior for most browsers > is exactly > >as you described. Which is due to the browser receiving a Location > >header and acting on it, disregarding any other headers. (ex: > >cache/no-cache, cookies, etc) > > > >Anybody care to prove me wrong? > > Actually most browsers can handle receiving a cookie and being > redirected in the same response. I have several applications that do > this and I have no problems in later versions of IE, Mozilla, > Netscape, or Opera (all that I can test with). > > I would wager that the original poster is using IIS, and I would also > wager that they are running PHP in CGI mode, not ISAPI mode. IIS has > a bug that occurs when a CGI program tries to set a cookie and > redirect in the same response (detailed in Microsoft Knowledge Base > article Q176113), but there is a workaround. I sent a post to this > list back in August of last year which details the workaround: > > > http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=php-general&m=102929828515647&w=2 > > If the original post isn't using IIS, then I'm not sure what's > happening.