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Posted by Al on 10/04/88 11:37
Al wrote:
> Can't get a cookie to set. Below is the code near the file top BEFORE
> any html output.
>
> $_POST['prefs'] comes from a hidden field in the middle of the html output.
>
> $_POST['filter'] comes from a select option.
>
> A Submit button closes the page and refreshes it.
>
> print_r($_POST) shows $_POST['prefs'] $_POST['prefs'] are just as I
> expect when the page refreshes.
>
> ## code
> print_r($_POST)
> session_start();
> print_r($_COOKIE);
>
> if(isset($_POST['prefs']))
> $cookie= setcookie("listpref", $_POST['filter'], time()+7776000);
>
> var_dump($cookie) shows bool TRUE
>
> I added the session_start() as a test.
>
> print_r($_COOKIE) shows the session ID cookie works just fine.
>
> IE6 and Firefox don't record the regular cookie.
Problem solved. Was a slap-on-the-forehead, dummy, type.
Note, the test "print_r() BEFORE the setcookie(). It is obviously sent before the html header.
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