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"setcookie.. whats wrong with this?"

Hey i'm having problems with my code:

setcookie("username", "$inputuser",time()+600,"/","",0);

it works fine when hosted on my computer but dosnt seem to set on freeola. I was told to change it to

setcookie("username", "$inputuser",time()+600,"/","www.gameslab.co.uk",0);

but still no joy

Where are you setting the cookie in your code? If you are doing it server side you need to make sure that it is sent with the header and no content has been sent yet. If you are using PHP to set the cookie I would sugest putting:

ob_start() at the top of the script and then flushing the buffer with ob_end_flush() just after you have set the cookie.

This Javascript function may help


// *** A function to store a value in a cookie (MS-14.9.01) ***

function setCookieValue(cookieName,cookieValue,lifeSpanDays)
{
// Declare and initialise variables

expiryDate = new Date
expiryDate.setDate(expiryDate.getDate()+lifeSpanDays)

// Save data to cookie

document.cookie = cookieName + "=" + cookieValue + "; expires=" + expiryDate.toGMTString();
}

Are you trying to set a cookie on the server? What effect are you trying to achieve?

Try $SERVER_NAME instead of www.gameslab.co.uk - and remember that cookies only appears after you reload the page, not immediately...

Hey i'm having problems with my code:

setcookie("username", "$inputuser",time()+600,"/","",0);

it works fine when hosted on my computer but dosnt seem to set on freeola. I was told to change it to

setcookie("username", "$inputuser",time()+600,"/","www.gameslab.co.uk",0);

but still no joy