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Posted by GregoryD on 10/08/06 22:12
"Snef" <s.franke@snefit.com> wrote in message
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> 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! ;)
Thanks, I'll give it a try tomorrow.
GregoryD
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