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Posted by Snef on 10/08/06 21:51
GregoryD wrote:
> "Jerry Stuckle" <jstucklex@attglobal.net> wrote in message
> news:WoCdnd7D8Lw-z7TYnZ2dnUVZ_qednZ2d@comcast.com...
>> GregoryD wrote:
>>> I'm going to try to simplify this issue as much as possible.
>>>
>>> In my public_html/ directory, I have a login script that sets a cookie to
>>> be used for authentication purposes. To set the cookie, it has something
>>> like this:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> setcookie('code',$value, time + $lifetime, '/', '.example.com');
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> This, to my knowledge, is supposed to set a cookie named code with a
>>> value of $value and an expiration date of time + $lifetime.
>>> Additionally, it is to be read in public_html and all subdirectories over
>>> the entire domain of *.example.com
>>>
>>> Yet if I'm trying to get the value of the cookie, as in:
>>>
>>> <?php
>>> $cookie = $_COOKIE['code'];
>>> echo $cookie;
>>> ?>
>>>
>>> in a subdirectory, say public_html/auth/, the result of the second script
>>> is nothing. If I put that same script in the public_html/ directory,
>>> it'll print out my $value.
>>>
>>> I'm using php 4.3
>>>
>>> Any thoughts?
>>>
>>> GregoryD
>>>
>>>
>> Which browser are you using, and what are the security settings? Cookies
>> have to be received from the browser before your code can access them.
>
> I've tried this on firefox 1.5, ie 6, and Opera 9, and all my security
> permissions in the browsers are set to accept cookies. And yeah, I know
> that cookies have to be received by the browser, which is why I specifically
> pointed out that the code to receive the value in the cookie is in a second
> script. One page has the setcookie, the second page (after a header
> redirect) authenticates it. Sorry if that was a bit confusing.
>
> GregoryD
>
>
PS... found this solution is the user comments at php.net in the setcookie part! ;)
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