Re: Re: using cookies

Aidan (and Richard and others) -- ..and then Aidan Lister said... % % Hi, Hi! % % Richards email was kinda wierd, so I'll reply to your email directly Thanks :-) And, while I appreciated it, I didn't get a lot from it. Of course, this one basically says "just read the manual", so I'm not getting a *whole* lot from it, either! % .. % Okay, simple: % % <?php % if (isset($_COOKIE['yourcookie'])) { // they have the login cookie, so do % what you called "log them in", whatever that means } % else { // they are not logged in, so include your login page } % ?> Aha! Perhaps I was unclear. I'm sorry; it was late :-) When the surfer returns to the page tomorrow or next week or in a month, I want to see that I have stored his acct info in a cookie on his machine so that I can automatically log him in rather than requiring that he type his name and pass again. There is a "remember me" type of checkbox on the login page so that he can tell me to save the info for next time. *That* is what I can't seem to grasp... If I set the cookie, then I'm stepping on the old value and so I can't automatically log him in (or at least as I understand it, and I certainly haven't seen anything in $_COOKIE to make me think otherwise). Perhaps now I've given everyone better info on which to base a response :-) TIA again & HAND :-D -- David T-G davidtg@justpickone.org http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!