Re: extend the expire time of a cookie

On 29 Jun, Mark Lo wrote: > Hi, > > I have set the cookie to be expire after 24 hours, If people are > not coming back then the cookie will be expired. But, I am having a > funny questions, if people comes back at 23 hours 55 minutes later, and > add something into their basket, then 5 minutes later, their shopping > cart will be gone by then, becase the cookie is expired. Please tell me > how to extend the expire time of the origional cookie if the client > comes back within 24 hours. > > Thank you > > Mark > Each time they access the page(s), read the cookie; if it exists, work out how long it has to go and extend it by an appropriate amount. Or you could just reset it to be another 24 hours. -- David Robley | WEBMASTER & Mail List Admin RESEARCH CENTRE FOR INJURY STUDIES | http://www.nisu.flinders.edu.au/ AusEinet | http://auseinet.flinders.edu.au/ Flinders University, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA