Re: Setting Cookie

Thanks Hub,
yea I understand about the buffer, I was just showing that the variable was
being passed.
When I renamed the cookie name/value for the second domain, I mistyped! I
meant to type

if($_GET['video'] == "hide")
instead of
if($_GET['video' == "hide"])
and for some reason, I simply didn't catch it. ;)
LOL, no I changed the domain name for this post, so to remain somewhat
anonymous.
Don't want everyone coming to my site giving me a hard time about not being
able to set a cookie! :)

Thanks again Hub and everyone for your help!

Ridge

"The Hub" <thehub@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:42e052fc$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cookies are part of the header, and header info cannot be set after page
> data has been sent to the buffer. if you output $_GET at the beginning of
> the script, even your redirect won't work. make sure there is no line
> break or space or anything output before the cookie (including anything
> before the <? tag).
> are you using 'mydomain.com' in the setcookie? it is optional and defaults
> to wherever you set it from, but if you specify it then it can only be
> read from a page at that domain.
>
> "Ridge Burner" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:HoODe.192428$xm3.111400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>I used print_r($_GET) at beginning of script and it returns:
>> Array ( [video] => hide )
>> so the var is set, but it is just not setting the cookie.
>> This script is copied from another domain (where it works fine), the only
>> difference between the two being the domain name in the 5th parameter.
>> Do you think I should put the setcookie and the [un]setcookie on
>> different pages like so:
>>
>> PAGE1:
>> setcookie("video", "hide", time()+60*60*24*30*12, '/', 'mydomain.com');
>> header("Location: index.php");
>>
>>
>> &
>>
>> PAGE2:
>> setcookie("video", "hide", time()-(60*60*24*30*12), '/', 'mydomain.com');
>> header("Location: index.php");
>>
>>
>> using: print_r($_COOKIE) || print_r($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS) ||
>> var_dump($_COOKIE) returns 'NULL' when user is redirected to index.php
>>
>> Ridge
>>
>> "The Hub" <thehub@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:42dfada2$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Your problem is here:
>>>
>>> if($_GET['video' == "hide"])
>>>
>>> 'video' == "hide" returns false.
>>> if($_GET[false]) returns false.
>>>
>>> "Ridge Burner" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:YDNDe.168689$x96.160514@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>I can't for some reason get this cookie to set! Am I not understanding
>>>>the correct way to do this? Here is the script:
>>>>
>>>> <?
>>>> if(isset($_GET['video'])){
>>>> if($_GET['video' == "hide"]){
>>>> setcookie("video", "hide", time()+60*60*24*30*12, '/',
>>>> 'mydomain.com');
>>>> }
>>>> if($_GET['video' == "show"]){
>>>> setcookie("video", "", time()-(60*60*24*30*15), '/',
>>>> 'mydomain.com');
>>>> }
>>>> }
>>>> header("Location: index.php");
>>>> ?>
>>>>
>>>> Any help would be appreciated!
>>>>
>>>> Ridge
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>


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