Too Advanced? Re: Cookies & Hidden Image

Is this question too advanced for this newsgroup? Is there a better newsgroup to post this one too? Thanks, -- Nicole "Nicole" <430ntr3k@aeontrek.com> wrote in message news:20030903001623.18738.qmail@pb1.pair.com... > Hi, > > I am working on a script that uses cookie to store some info on the client > side. The user will click a link that contains info about where the link > was placed. The script will then store that info so that when the user > returns later and makes a purchase, I can see where they came from. > > The problem I am having is this: > > The link is a redirect url that first goes to one domain where the cookie is > created by. Then they are taken to the site where products are sold. > > Then, after they make a purchase, they are taken to a thank you page that > has a hidden tracker to track that sale. > > <img src=http://trackerurl.com/?var=1&var=2&blahbla > height=0 width=> > > The image loads the script from a different domain (where the cookie was > initialy created by). The problem now is that the script gets a blank > cookie when using the hidden image to load the script. > > So does anyone know why this is happening? > > I have setCookie('CookieName', $value, $expires); > > Then I try to retrieve that cookie again later with $_COOKIE['CookieName'] > ... but the value stored is not there when the script is called from the > hidden image. HOWEVER, the value is there when the script is called > directly. > > Any ideas? > > Thanks!! > > Nicole