$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS question

script using it not working. Why?

[walkman]

I have this "Save Listing" feature and it uses $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS. I have no doubt that the programer did it correctly, but it's not working. Do I need to enable something on my server (apache, php, or both)? Also, is there a better way to do that save thingie, maybe mysql?

any suggestions?

thanks,

[coopster]

What kind of error messages do you get? Can you see the cookie being set in the browser?

[walkman]

Just checked the cookies folder and no cookie is set. Ican see the cookies from other sites, such as this, accessed today, but none from my site.

[coopster]

Well then either your browser is not allowing the site to set cookies or the script has not been programmed and tested correctly. The PHP set_cookie() [php.net] function is a good place to start reading and troubleshooting.

One red flag that is going up right away here is the use of $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS which has been deprecated. Hopefully you are running a recent version of PHP which means you are at the very, very least using PHP >= 4.1.0 where the $_COOKIE [php.net] superglobal was introduced.

[walkman]

My php:
PHP 4.3.8 (cli) (built: *** ** 2004 14:**:**)

Tried it on firefox too and didn't work. I access many sites with subscriptions and cookies are saved.

thanks for the suggestions,