sending session cookie before redirect

[Gary Petersen]

Re: sending session cookie before redirect

A horsie named 11abacus demonstrated surprising intelligence and its
ability to use morse code on Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:05:14 -0500 when it
tapped <1a2a8cd7.03090 90805.3aa475c5@ posting.google. com> with its hoof:
[color=blue]
> "Set-Cookie:" and "Location:" HTTP headers don't mix well with most web
> browsers [...][/color]

The following script, which uses both setcookie() and
the location header, works with these web browsers:
Lynx, Firebird, Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror, wget.

wget doesn't seem to like cookies that have square
brackets [] in them, but it did accept and use
the 'captain' cookie.

<?php
// PHP 4.0.5
error_reporting (E_ALL);

$g = & $HTTP_GET_VARS;
$c = & $HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS;
$s = & $HTTP_SERVER_VA RS;
$ttl = time() + 86400;

header('Cache-control: no-cache');
header('Pragma: no-cache');

if (!isset($g['show'])):
setcookie('user[cindy]', '8', $ttl, '/');
setcookie('user[mark]', '4', $ttl, '/');
setcookie('user[jarmain]', 41, $ttl, '/');
setcookie('capt ain', 'mark', $ttl, '/');
header("Locatio n: http://$s[HTTP_HOST]$s[PHP_SELF]?show=1");
exit();
else:
?>
<title> A Cookie Test </title>
<p> This page sets and displays some cookies.
</p>
<?php
echo "<pre>\n";
print_r($c);
echo "</pre>\n";
endif;
?>

I don't have access to MSIE; perhaps someone can test
with that one.

[Jochen Daum]

Re: sending session cookie before redirect

Hi !

On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 05:19:58 GMT, Gary Petersen
<garyp1492@remo ve.meearthlink. invalid> wrote:
[color=blue]
>A horsie named 11abacus demonstrated surprising intelligence and its
>ability to use morse code on Tue, 09 Sep 2003 11:05:14 -0500 when it
>tapped <1a2a8cd7.03090 90805.3aa475c5@ posting.google. com> with its hoof:
>[color=green]
>> "Set-Cookie:" and "Location:" HTTP headers don't mix well with most web
>> browsers [...][/color]
>
>The following script, which uses both setcookie() and
>the location header, works with these web browsers:
>Lynx, Firebird, Mozilla, Galeon, Konqueror, wget.
>
>wget doesn't seem to like cookies that have square
>brackets [] in them, but it did accept and use
>the 'captain' cookie.
>[/color]

So I just have to find out how to set the PHPSESSID cookie, ey?
Shouldn't be to hard.

Thanks for the help.

Jochen

[color=blue]
><?php
>// PHP 4.0.5
>error_reportin g(E_ALL);
>
>$g = & $HTTP_GET_VARS;
>$c = & $HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS;
>$s = & $HTTP_SERVER_VA RS;
>$ttl = time() + 86400;
>
>header('Cach e-control: no-cache');
>header('Pragma : no-cache');
>
>if (!isset($g['show'])):
> setcookie('user[cindy]', '8', $ttl, '/');
> setcookie('user[mark]', '4', $ttl, '/');
> setcookie('user[jarmain]', 41, $ttl, '/');
> setcookie('capt ain', 'mark', $ttl, '/');
> header("Locatio n: http://$s[HTTP_HOST]$s[PHP_SELF]?show=1");
> exit();
>else:
>?>
> <title> A Cookie Test </title>
> <p> This page sets and displays some cookies.
> </p>
><?php
> echo "<pre>\n";
> print_r($c);
> echo "</pre>\n";
>endif;
>?>
>
>I don't have access to MSIE; perhaps someone can test
>with that one.[/color]

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