$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS not working!!!!

[Anon]

I keep trying to set a cookie to hold the value of a user id from a mysql db. If I set the cookie expire to '0', it should make the cookie last until the browser is closed, but it is not even saving the cookie. If I use a time, it will save the cookie, but then I still can not acces it from anywhere. I tried both methods -- just calling $id and also $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["id"]. Neither are working. Is there something from the defualt install that I am missing? Do I need to change a setting? Please help me.

[linus]

As far as I know, setting the expire time to zero will delete the cookie. In fact, I've had trouble accessing cookies where the expire time was less than a few minutes in the future. Session cookies expire once the user closes the browser, those may be what you're thinking of.

Then again, I could be all wrong. :)

[jstirrup]

Thank You, I went ahead and used the setcookie() function with just the cookie name and the value and it worked. I had heard that setting the time to zero would make the cookie last for that session and that setting the same cookie without a vaule and just the name would delete it. I don't know about the latter, but setting the time to zero sure does remove it. Thanks Again!

"Back on the Happy Boat and well on my way!"

Jon