Re: A setcookie related question

Hi Tony, In most cases you do not need to use the domain parameter. Try to simplify the function call to setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/"); // Not this cookie has already expired setcookie("auth", "1", time() + 3600, "/"); // Not this cookie will expire in 1 hour or even to setcookie("auth", "1"); // Note this wil be a session cookie that wil expire when the browsr window is closed. - Frank > Hi There, > > > > I am a beginner PHP developer and I have a very simple, perhaps silly, > question: > > > > I am trying to use the setcookie function in a PHP script and I seem to be > struggling with the "domain" parameter. Here is situation: > > > > //set authorization cookie > > setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/", "yourdomain.com", 0); > > > > Instead of the "yourdomain.com" string in this function call I am suppose to > use my own domain name, but I do not have a WEB site yet. As a result I am > using localhost at the moment. I have tried several values with no success. > Since I am running these scripts on my local PC using "i.e. localhost", what > should I set this value to? > > > > I have tried the following combinations with no avail: > > setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/", "localhost", 0); > > setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/", "localhost:8080", 0); (I > a running Apache > HTTP Server 2.0.54 on port 8080) > > setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/", "127.0.0.1", 0); > > setcookie("auth", "1", 0, "/", ".oc.cox.net", 0); (this > is what my IPCONFIG > returns as my "connection-specific DNS Suffix".) > > > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Regards, > > Tony Aldemir > > > >