setcookie

[Katherine Hall]

I am trying to set a cookie and use it later, but as soon as put a redirect
or anything, I loose it.

So when I first print it out, it exists. When I go to my redirect page it's
gone.
first page:

print_r($_COOKIE);
$url = "../somepage.php";
$target = "parent";
$delay = "4";
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="'.$delay.';url='.$url.'">';

[Katherine Hall]

I should mention that somepage.php has frames.

Thanks

"Katherine Hall" <ka*******@manaiakoru.com> wrote in message
news:r5*******************@news20.bellglobal.com.. .

I am trying to set a cookie and use it later, but as soon as put a redirect
or anything, I loose it.

So when I first print it out, it exists. When I go to my redirect page
it's gone.
first page:

print_r($_COOKIE);
$url = "../somepage.php";
$target = "parent";
$delay = "4";
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="'.$delay.';url='.$url.'">';

[Randell D.]

Katherine Hall wrote:

I am trying to set a cookie and use it later, but as soon as put a redirect
or anything, I loose it.

So when I first print it out, it exists. When I go to my redirect page it's
gone.
first page:

print_r($_COOKIE);
$url = "../somepage.php";
$target = "parent";
$delay = "4";
echo '<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="'.$delay.';url='.$url.'">';

How do you set your cookie?

You'll have to show us a little more code before I can advise where you
are going wrong - And you could/should used the header() function to
redirect as opposed to the meta http-equiv tag you're using.

Start simple first, then work your way from there - Thus, create a
simple page that says something like

A file called page1.php follows:

<?
setcookie("myname","Katerine Hall");
header("Location: page2.php");
?>

A file called page2.php follows:
<?
print_r($_COOKIE);
?>

The above should work - when you've tweaked with it a bit and got it
working, then implement the code in to your real life scenario.

Hope that helps,
randelld.