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

Weird MySQL error, why am I recieving this?
PHP Code:


<?php require "global_settings.php"; ?>
<titl

I need help with formatting date from mysql! with php!
Hello guys

*Note: this is a php question not MySQL question, please do not move it to mysql s

php mysql query from input textbox
Hi,

I have a text box, in that i have given the mysql query. I can able to get the query in v

if else problem, help please
i have this script that i made only i try to also put in a if else for for some reason the script is

having probem inserting data into db table
hi

i have a table with following columns in it
Code: candidate_id, degree, cgpa, institute

convert pps to wsf with php'how?
hi
i want to convert with php
PowerPoint file to swf file(flash)
how please?
thank!!!

quick question about System Change Number(SCN) in FlashBack Query topic
i know tht we can get the SCN of the database using flashback concept as follows

SQL>

Sequre login with cookies.
I want to build secure login with cookies. I just want your ideas about this, your suggestions. What

PHP & Images [Resize, Crop, Save]
Hey! Well I have a little dilema, hoping I could find some guidance.

I have a CMS and on the

Print 'a' to 'z' via for loop
A very simple problem..
How Can I print a to z NOT a to y ?
It is a part of a code where
<