Re: setting a cookie from a form value

On August 10, 2020 9:58:04 PM UTC, Fernando Fiore <no5software@gmail.com> wrote: ><?php >// this fails twice before working >// first with undefined index 'txt' on line 5 >// then with undefined index 'val' on line 10 then it works >$name = $_POST['txt']; >setcookie("val",$name,time() + 24 * 60 * 60); > >if(isset($_COOKIE) && !empty($_COOKIE)) >{ > $var = $_COOKIE['val']; > print('cookie = '. $var . '</br>'); >} >else > echo ' cookie not set </br>'; > > > >?> ><form action="cookie2.php" name="myform" method="post"> ><input type="text" name="txt" id="txt" value="abcdef" >/> ><input type="submit" formmethod="post" /> ></form> It will, you're trying to access variables before they're set. You can use isset() to check those. On that topic, you're using isset on $_COOKIE, but that global array will always be there (unless you're using PHP CLI), so the check is redundant. Thanks, Ash