Cookies - reading, then redirecting

[CherylD]

Hi there. I have a website with cookies created when a user is logged on. Some pages should only be viewable to those logged in. Here's what I've got, but it's not working:

<?
if (isset ($cookie)) {
return false; //do nothign
}
else{
header(&quot;Location: /pleaselogin.htm&quot;
}
?>

It always redirects....any ideas why it's not reading the cookie properly?

 

[sleipnir214]

Have you verified that $cookie contains a value? ______________________________________________________________________
TANSTAAFL!

 

[jimoblak]

Could you also check the value instead of just seeing if a cookie exists?...

if ($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['somethinginparticular']) {
//do stuff
} else {
print (&quot;You are not logged in or you are not logged in properly.\n&quot;
}

 

[AlbertAguirre]

Agree with Jimobla
Looks like your cookie has not expired

Set a value to the cookie and a diff value when they log out.

Or force an expiration of the cookie.