Re: cookie crumbles

As it turned out, all I had to do was get rid of the period "." and things began to work better. I also had to remember to close my browser and empty the cookie jar. Thanks, J Jaap Van Ganswijk wrote: > At 2003-09-01 00:49 -0400, John Taylor-Johnston wrote: > >I create this cookie, using Javascript:: > > > >testals.flsh.usherb.ca FALSE / FALSE 1062433227 weather.htm99999995 1 > > > >If the browser is reloaded, I want php to read the cookie and do my else statement. > >Even after a browser shut-down and restart, I cannot get PHP to read the cookie (first part > >of my if statement). > > > >If I use phpinfo(), it does confirm that: > > > >_COOKIE["weather.htm99999995"] = 1 > > > >What weird quirk have I missed this time? > > > > > ><?php > > > >$StudentId = "weather.htm99999995"; > > Remove 'weather.htm' from this string. > > >if (!isset($_COOKIE["weather.htm$StudentId"])) > >{ > >echo "Cookie not found, not reading weather.htm$StudentId<br>"; > >echo "\$_COOKIE[\"weather.htm$StudentId\"]". > >$_COOKIE["weather.htm$StudentId"]."-<hr>"; > > > >}else{ > >echo "cookie found, yay! > >".$_COOKIE["weather.htm$StudentId"]."-<hr>"; > >#phpinfo(); > >} > >?> > > Greetings,