Posted by Seansan on 03/03/07 22:15

Seansan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> When I run the following in PHP then two cookies are set.
>
> ini_set('session.name', 'session-1');
> session_start();
> setcookie('session-2', '');
>
>
> Both cookies are being sent to the client, and then to the server (I am
> sure), but they are not available in $_COOKIE (this array is empty).
>
> Why and how can the $_COOKIE variable be empty - this is getting
> frustrating. Am I missing something? All other global variables are
> available normally, only $_COOKIE is always empty.
>
> (ps. I am viewing the page through plesk site preview over https, and
> have tried bot secure and normal)
>
>
> kind regards, Seansan
>
>
> Please find ini settings through phpinfo below.
>
> Directive Local Value Master Value
> allow_call_time_pass_reference Off Off
> allow_url_fopen On On
> always_populate_raw_post_data Off Off
> arg_separator.input & &
> arg_separator.output & &
> asp_tags Off Off
> auto_append_file no value no value
> auto_prepend_file no value no value
> browscap no value no value
> default_charset no value no value
> default_mimetype text/html text/html
> define_syslog_variables Off Off
> disable_classes no value no value
> disable_functions no value no value
> display_errors Off Off
> display_startup_errors Off Off
> doc_root no value no value
> docref_ext no value no value
> docref_root no value no value
> enable_dl On On
> error_append_string no value no value
> error_log backend/logs/errors no value
> error_prepend_string no value no value
> error_reporting 2047 2047
> expose_php On On
> extension_dir /usr/lib/php4 /usr/lib/php4
> file_uploads On On
> gpc_order GPC GPC
> highlight.bg #FFFFFF #FFFFFF
> highlight.comment #FF8000 #FF8000
> highlight.default #0000BB #0000BB
> highlight.html #000000 #000000
> highlight.keyword #007700 #007700
> highlight.string #DD0000 #DD0000
> html_errors On On
> ignore_repeated_errors Off Off
> ignore_repeated_source Off Off
> ignore_user_abort Off Off
> implicit_flush Off Off
> include_path .: .:
> log_errors On On
> log_errors_max_len 1024 1024
> magic_quotes_gpc Off Off
> magic_quotes_runtime Off Off
> magic_quotes_sybase Off Off
> max_execution_time 30 30
> max_input_time 60 60
> memory_limit 32M 32M
> open_basedir /var/www/vhosts/domain.nl/httpdocs:/tmp no value
> output_buffering no value no value
> output_handler no value no value
> post_max_size 8M 8M
> precision 14 14
> register_argc_argv On On
> register_globals On Off
> report_memleaks On On
> safe_mode On Off
> safe_mode_exec_dir no value no value
> safe_mode_gid Off Off
> safe_mode_include_dir no value no value
> sendmail_from no value no value
> sendmail_path /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i /usr/sbin/sendmail -t -i
> serialize_precision 100 100
> short_open_tag On On
> SMTP localhost localhost
> smtp_port 25 25
> sql.safe_mode Off Off
> track_errors Off Off
> unserialize_callback_func no value no value
> upload_max_filesize 2M 2M
> upload_tmp_dir no value no value
> user_dir no value no value
> variables_order EGPCS EGPCS
> xmlrpc_error_number 0 0
> xmlrpc_errors Off Off
> y2k_compliance On On

I always see "This is your first visit"

<?php
header();

if ($_COOKIE['test'] != "hi") {
setcookie('test', 'hi');
echo "This is your first visit";
}

elseif ($_COOKIE['test'] == "hi") {
echo "we found the cookie! You have been here before";
}

?>

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