setcookie and isset($_COOKIE(name)) seem very finnicky.

Posted on 16th Feb 2014 07:03 pm by admin

I'm currently playing around with a user system with login and registration. I'm trying to use cookies to log the user in but the cookie either doesn't set or it sets after I travel through a few pages. Also, when I use isset($_COOKIE(name)) it sometimes doesn't return that it is set even though it is.

login.php (the username and password request page which I am currently using to display if a cookie is set)
Code: <?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["grocerycookie"]))
{
$username = $_COOKIE["grocerycookie"];
echo "You are logged in, <b>$username</b><br />";
}
else
{
echo "You have not been logged in.";
}
?>


login2.php (sets the cookie)
Code: <?php
mysql_connect("*", "*", "*") or die(mysql_error());
mysql_select_db("*") or die(mysql_error());
$username = strtolower($_POST['username']);
$password = $_POST['password'];
$data = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM * WHERE username='$username'") or die(mysql_error());

while($info = mysql_fetch_array($data))
{
if ($password == $info['password'])
{
setcookie("grocerycookie", $username, time()+3600);
}
}

Am I setting the cookie wrong or checking for it wrong?

Your Answer:

Login to answer

Other forums

GIS appliction help
I found some tutorials in the internet to develop a map application I don't want to use google maps

insert PHP code into function
Hi,
I'm having problems when trying following:

I have:
Code: [Select]createBar("Do

Convert array to string and write to csv file
I am looking to write a MySQL query to a csv file.

At the minute I:

check for the orig

Count
Getting the same count everytime

Code:
$visitquery = mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(*) FR

PHP template help
Ok, I don't know if anyone can help me but I am using PHP templates to make a site. I am a newbie an

simple php table loop
Hi all,

I've the following code

<?php // Create category options

Breaking results into week blocks
I have a set of dates (and times), which are returned from a mySQL query.

These usually span

weird problem
last time, i did post a topic concerning why my page sometime will load as blank page when using IE.

Exporting new records
Trying to figure out the best way to set this up.

People register my site.

Their prof

New to Arrays
Hi I am new to PHP (a week and a half now) and I am just beginning to read about arrays. I understan