set cookie and redirect

[mrdance]

How can I, like perl, set a cookie and redirect at the same time?

Thanks / Henrik

 

[mcvdmvs]

setcookie('name: value');
header('Location: '');

You cannot set an cookie and in the same statement redirect. mcvdmvs
-- "It never hurts to help" -- Eek the Cat

 

[mrdance]

I tried the above using two files. It seems like it redirects without setting the cookie first. Have you tried the above with two files? Please try it, it doesn't work for me!

First file:
name= test.php

<?
setcookie (&quot;cookie&quot;, &quot;test&quot;,time()+3600, &quot;/&quot;, &quot;127.0.0.1&quot;
header('Location: test2.php');
?>

Second file:
name= test2.php
<?
echo $cookie;
?>

Thanks Henrik

 

[mcvdmvs]

Yes i have tried the above. It is working if you write test.php as follows:

<?php
setcookie (&quot;cookie&quot;, &quot;test&quot;
header('Location: test2.php');
?>

Where you go wrong is in defining the domain as localhost.
The next will set an cookie for the next hour for the domain you are currently on.
<?
setcookie (&quot;cookie&quot;, &quot;test&quot;,time()+3600, &quot;/&quot;
header('Location: test2.php');
?>
To delete the cookie, set the time in the past: (Use the same parameters as you used to set the cookie)
<?
setcookie (&quot;cookie&quot;, &quot;test&quot;,time()-3600, &quot;/&quot;
header('Location: test2.php');
?>
Good luck mcvdmvs
-- &quot;It never hurts to help&quot; -- Eek the Cat