Posted by Rik on 03/03/07 23:39

Seansan <sean115=3Dat@=3Dreeve.nl> wrote:
>>> 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).=

>Thank you for your answer. setcookie() has been called correctly and =

> with all the arguments. (this was just a simple example).
>
> The cookies are stored on the client, and also sent to the server. I =

> have tested with firefox and IE. There is something happening serversi=
de =

> that either changes the COOKIE value, doesnt allow it to be set, of ha=
s =

> another hash where it is stored.

First of all, just to make sure, you do know that it will only be in the=
=

$_COOKIE array on a second or later request?

Secondly, I'd like to know how you are so sure the cookie is sent back. =
=

How did you check that? (FF->LiveHTTPHeaders, MSIE->Fiddler ?)

On Apache, you can check what request headers make it to the script with=
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apache_request_headers(), is the cookie header there?
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Rik Wasmus

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