PHP setcookie problem...

Scoochi2

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I have a problem within one of my programs where I cannot set cookies at all.

Code: 
[...]
if (conditions)
{
$cookiedata = '123';
setcookie("cookie1", "$cookiedata", time()+604800, '/');
echo "$cookiedata";

}
[...]
I have used the above code, and the page will show 123, as expected. However, there is no cookie!

At first I thought maybe I'm not allowed to set cookies ;)
so I created a new page that looked like the following:
Code: 
<?php
$cookiedata = '123';
setcookie("cookie1", "$cookiedata", time()+604800, '/');
echo "$cookiedata";
?>
Again, it outputs the expected 123, but this time it does set a cookie.
Am I missing something here?

BTW, no header information was sent prior to the cookie, and PHP gives no error.
 
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can you please post all of your code for the first script?

the rest of it might have an answer to your question
 
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It concerns login to my site and deals with passwords and such. I have commented out anything I don't want publically known that is also irrelevant. As for the actual setcookie part, I uploaded the '123' test, with identical results as to the normal data it has. Namely, what I previously mentioned.
Code: 
<?php
function mysql_fetch_rowsarr($result, $numass=MYSQL_BOTH) {
  $got=array();
  mysql_data_seek($result, 0);
  while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, $numass)) {
    array_push($got, $row);
  }
  return $got;
}

require_once("scripts/mysqllogin.php");

if (isset($_GET['page']))
$page = $_GET['page'];
else
$page = 'index';

if (!file_exists("pages/$page.php"))
$page = 'index';

if (isset($_GET['action']))
$action = $_GET['action'];

require_once("scripts/login.php");
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

[...]
contents of scripts/mysqllogin.php
Code: 
<?php
$database  =  array(
'url'      => 'localhost'     ,
'name'     => '*****'       ,
'pass'     => '*****'      ,
'database' => 'data'    ,
'table'    => 'as_nations');

mysql_connect($database['url'],$database['name'],$database['pass']) or die('Error connecting to MySQL: '.mysql_error());
mysql_select_db($database['database']) or die('Error connecting to MySQL database: '.mysql_error());
?>
contents of scripts/login.php
Code: 
<?php
$name = '';
$pass = '';
if ($action == 'login')
{
if (isset($_POST['name']))
$name = $_POST['name'];
$name = strtolower(str_replace(' ','_',$name));

if (isset($_POST['password']))
$pass = $_POST['password'];
}
else
if (isset($_COOKIE['as_data']))
{
$cookie = $_COOKIE['as_data'];
$cookie = // ;)
$name   = // ;)
$pass   = // ;)
}

$database['table'] = 'as_provinces';

$query = "SELECT id,name,pass,nation,staff FROM {$database['table']} WHERE name='$name'";
$result = mysql_query($query) or die('Error retrieving data: '.mysql_error());  

$rows = mysql_fetch_array($result);
$data = array();
$data['id']     = $rows['id'];
$data['name']   = $rows['name'];
$data['pass']   = $rows['pass'];
$data['nation'] = $rows['nation'];
$data['staff']  = $rows['staff'];

$pass = crypt($pass, $data['pass']);

if (($action == 'logout') || ($data['pass'] == ''))
$pass = 'log me out! ;)';

if ($pass == $data['pass'])
{
$cookiedata = '123';
setcookie("cookie1", "$cookiedata", time()+604800, '/');
echo "$cookiedata";

$loggedin = array('id' => $data['id'], 'name' => $data['name'],'ucname' => ucwords(str_replace('_',' ',$data['name'])), 'nation' => $data['nation'], 'staff' => $data['staff']);
}
else
{
setcookie("cookie1", "0", 1218000000, '/');
$loggedin = array('id' => '', 'name' => '','ucname' => '', 'nation' => '', 'staff' => 0);
}

?>
 
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unless everything else in that script works....

i'm fairly certain that php overwrites the previous variable if it is the same.

so, i might actually put the data into an array. and try that.
 
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leafypiggy said:
unless everything else in that script works....

i'm fairly certain that php overwrites the previous variable if it is the same.

so, i might actually put the data into an array. and try that.
Click to expand...
Yeah, it does. And it's something I take advantage of. For example:
Code: 
if (($action == 'logout') || ($data['pass'] == ''))
$pass = 'log me out! ;)';

if ($pass == $data['pass'])
But even if it isn't overwriting a variable, it should still create the cookie, yes?
 
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it should...but i'm not a PHP expert persay. lol.

i know the basics...and some of the intermediate/advanced. xD

wait for someone else? lol. dont know what to tell you. It should work.
 
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It should... Which is why I'm so confused now, lol!
Edit:
Anyone able to help?
 
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Yay! I've finally reached a solution.
or at least a workaround...

I've moved all my set cookies right to the top of my header file, thus they are now set before it connects to MySQL. I guess MySQL was causing the cookies not to set, without giving an error?
 
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A mySQL connection should not affect cookies, I deal with login scripts a lot. It could possibly be from the variable $cookiedata is enclosed in "quotes". I remember having funky problems like you are having above.

PS. If you're using Firefox, download Web Developer toolbar if you haven't already. In there, you can view all cookies for a website (and just about every else you can dream of, and some you cant), which would be very useful in this case.

-xP
 
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