Posted by Al on 01/14/06 19:57

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.

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