Problem to set a cookie

[zek2005]

Hi!

I validate a user and set a cookie woht the following sentence:

setcookie("usNi ck",$nickN,time ()+7776000);
setcookie("usPa ss",$passN,time ()+7776000);

then I want to validate if the cookie is set with the following
sentence and it seems to enter in the "else", so the cookie was not
established.

if(isset($HTTP_ COOKIE_VARS["usNick"]) &&
isset($HTTP_COO KIE_VARS["usPass"]))
{
$result = mysql_query("SE LECT * FROM usuarios WHERE nick='".
$HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS["usNick"]."' AND password='".
$HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS["usPass"]."'");
}
else
{
setcookie("usNi ck","x",time( )-3600);
setcookie("usPa ss","x",time( )-3600);
}

Can anyone help me with this? I mena, setting the cookie correctly

Regards,

Ezequiel

[Rik]

Re: Problem to set a cookie

zek2005 <esapoznik@gmai l.comwrote:

Hi!
>
I validate a user and set a cookie woht the following sentence:
>
setcookie("usNi ck",$nickN,time ()+7776000);
setcookie("usPa ss",$passN,time ()+7776000);
>
then I want to validate if the cookie is set with the following
sentence and it seems to enter in the "else", so the cookie was not
established.
>
if(isset($HTTP_ COOKIE_VARS["usNick"]) &&
isset($HTTP_COO KIE_VARS["usPass"]))
{
$result = mysql_query("SE LECT * FROM usuarios WHERE nick='".
$HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS["usNick"]."' AND password='".
$HTTP_COOKIE_VA RS["usPass"]."'");
}
else
{
setcookie("usNi ck","x",time( )-3600);
setcookie("usPa ss","x",time( )-3600);
}
>
Can anyone help me with this? I mena, setting the cookie correctly

First of all: never, never, never, never save a password in a cookie.
Second: use $_COOKIE.
Third: the cookie will only be set for future request, this request was
made without a cookie, so even if you set a cookie now it won't show up in
the $_COOKIE array automagically.

I suspect your more helped by just using sessions:
<http://www.php.net/session>
--
Rik Wasmus