yawa-ti-de:
I don't claim to be a PHP expert but it doesn't look like your code below is correct at all. For one, you shouldn't be checking for cookie(auth) but cookie($cookie_name) - you assigned cookie_name the value of "auth".

Why not look at this simple tutorial, build from there, then do more advanced stuff:
http://www.tizag.com/phpT/phpcookies.php

good luck!

obiscolly: Hello guys.
I'm going through a php tutorial and i tried executing this script to set a cookie, but the cookie is not being set.
* authuser.php *

if ($num!=0){
$cookie_name ="auth";
$cookie_value ="ok";
$cookie_expire ="0";
$cookie_domain ="127.0.0.1";

setcookie($cookie_name,$cookie_value,$cookie_expi
re,"/", $cookie_domain,0);

$display_block ="
<p><strong>Secret Menu:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href=\"secretA.php\">secret page A</a>
<li><a href=\"secretB.php\">secret page B</a>
</ul>";
---------------------------------------------
* secretA.php and secretB.php *
<?

if ($_cookie[auth] == "ok" ) {

$msg = "<P>Welcome to secret page A, authorized user!</p>";

} else {

echo "<p>not Working</p>";
}

?>
When I click the links for either page I get 'not Working' rather than the message. I've checked browser settings. This code is straight from the author- so I'm not too sure what's going on.

Thanks-

obiscolly: Hello guys.
I'm going through a php tutorial and i tried executing this script to set a cookie, but the cookie is not being set.
* authuser.php *

if ($num!=0){
$cookie_name ="auth";
$cookie_value ="ok";
$cookie_expire ="0";
$cookie_domain ="127.0.0.1";

setcookie($cookie_name,$cookie_value,$cookie_expi
re,"/", $cookie_domain,0);

$display_block ="
<p><strong>Secret Menu:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href=\"secretA.php\">secret page A</a>
<li><a href=\"secretB.php\">secret page B</a>
</ul>";
---------------------------------------------
* secretA.php and secretB.php *
<?

if ($_cookie[auth] == "ok" ) {

$msg = "<P>Welcome to secret page A, authorized user!</p>";

} else {

echo "<p>not Working</p>";
}

?>
When I click the links for either page I get 'not Working' rather than the message. I've checked browser settings. This code is straight from the author- so I'm not too sure what's going on.

Thanks-

sisqology:



You did not parse the bolded part.

if ($_cookie[auth] == "ok" ) {

Echo "<P>Welcome to secret page A, authorized user!</p>";
}


//you defined a variable, you didn't use it
//try and let's know now

Gerardcole: Your setcookie() function is presented wrong parameters.

The "/" is not supposed.

I ve never used / heard of $cookie_domain so I guess its not needed or is wrong.

The last 0 is not needed, never heard of it.

You missed the quotes. Use either double ( " ) or single quote ( ' ) to enclose the string you are searching for.
It should be

if ($_COOKIE["auth"] == "ok"


Your expire time should be a time more than the current time. So add this:

$NextFourWeeks = 60 * 60 * 24 *7 * 4;

Then change $cookie_expire to:

$cookie_expire = time() + $NextFourWeeks;

Modify your set cookie code to:

setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, $cookie_expire);

Leave every other parameters.