Re: Cookie problem

I have to agree Nuno, sessions are alot easier/simpler. -- Chris Lee lee@mediawaveonline.com "Nuno Silva" <nuno_silva@websolut.net> wrote in message news:3ABE9E01.1070902@websolut.net... Hello, short: try removing the third parameter to setcookie and if the errors go away you know it's a cookie problem :) long: you're setting auth based in the (server's) time + 600sec. If the client (or even the server) has a clock skew... well.... bad luck :) removing the third parameter makes php create a "session cookie" that will stay there until the browser is closed (alll the windows). If this is not a problem, let it be. I love session cookies!! :) Anyway, the best method to get decent auth are sessions. Try php4's sessions or phplib or something. Regards, Nuno Martin Skjöldebrand wrote: > I'm experiencing all kinds of problems with, what we suppose is the cookie > setting. This is the code: > > if (isset($authentication)) { > setcookie("status", $status, time()+600); > setcookie("user", $user, time()+600); > setcookie("group", $group, time()+600); > setcookie("authentication", $authentication, time()+600); > setcookie("laston", $laston, time()+600); > } > else { > setcookie("status", "Logged In", time()+600); > setcookie("user", $txtUsername, time()+600); > setcookie("group", $row[4], time()+600); > setcookie("authentication", "YES", time()+600); > setcookie("laston", $row[6], time()+600); > } > > (I have not coded this). > > What seems to happen is that - with alarming regularity - people are > getting logged off when choosing item from a menu. Either they are thrown > out into the log on-screen or (as has happened to me recently) the app > simply states I'm not logged on even if I am in the middle of using it (and > must have logged on). > > I'm not at all familiar with cookies (yet) but suspect that the timing of > the critters could be a culprit. IS this correct? > How do I solve the problem? > > M. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net