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How to set a session cookie with a path?

I need to set a session cookie (expires when the browser closes) with a
path of "/".

Is there a way to do it?

I tried:

setcookie("cookie_name", $cookie_value, "", "/");

and

setcookie("cookie_name", $cookie_value, "0", "/");

and of course none of them worked.

I can't move the page that is setting the cookie to the top level
directory of the site, but I need the cookie to be available to couple
of page there.

Is this doable at all?

TIA

Jul 20 '06 #1
2 1708
John Drako wrote:
I tried:

setcookie("cookie_name", $cookie_value, "", "/");

and

setcookie("cookie_name", $cookie_value, "0", "/");

and of course none of them worked.
The manual says:

"Because the expire argument is integer, it cannot be skipped with an empty
string, use a zero (0) instead"

So, do not use "0" but 0.

When working between subdomains of the same father domain, you should also
supply the fifth argument with a value of ".yourdomain.com" (mind the
preceding dot).
JW
Jul 20 '06 #2
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 16:29:10 -0400, Janwillem Borleffs wrote
(in article <44***********************@news.euronet.nl>):
John Drako wrote:
>I tried:

setcookie("cookie_name", $cookie_value, "", "/");

and

setcookie("cookie_name", $cookie_value, "0", "/");

and of course none of them worked.

The manual says:

"Because the expire argument is integer, it cannot be skipped with an empty
string, use a zero (0) instead"

So, do not use "0" but 0.
Thanks. I don't know how I missed that.

Jul 22 '06 #3

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