Re: cookies not remembered between browser shutdown and browser restart.. :(

figured it out.. the cookie needs a valid expires setting and a valid path setting. not a domain setting. this is easy to do using the jQuery cookie plug in, look on the web for the plain-vanilla syntax please. On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Rene Veerman < rene.veerman.netherlands@gmail.com> wrote: > i have the following test script: > <html> > <body> > <?php var_dump($_COOKIE);?> > <script> > document.write (document.cookie); > document.cookie = 'abc=def'; > </script> > </body> > </html> > > if you load it up, you get an empty page. > if you then refresh the page, you get that abc cookie displayed. > > but if you close down the browser entirely and restart it, then view the > script output again, it doesn't show the cookie that was set earlier. > > what am i doing wrong here? > > because this used to work just fine, then it suddenly stopped working in > both firefox and chrome. > i'm using ubuntu and lubuntu. > > > >