Reading a cookie set in javascript with php

[Khaiya]

I'm trying to read a cookie that I set with javascript with php. I've tried many websites and nothing I've found works at ALL (except var_dump() printed up null) but other then that all I've gotten is a blank page.

Here is what I've tried...


(page1.php)

<script>
createCookie('name','jim',7)
 
 
function createCookie(name,value,days) {
    if (days) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
        var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
</script>
 

[Please use CODE tags when posting source code. Thanks! --pbmods]

(page2.php)

<?php
 
$var1=$_COOKIE['name'];
 
echo $var1;
 
 
?>
 

I've also tried...

<?php
 
$var1=var_dump($_COOKIE['name']);
 
echo $var1;
 
 
?>
 

but so far nothing has happened.

[pbmods]

$var1=var_dump($_COOKIE['name']);

var_dump doesn't return anything. Instead, try this:

var_dump($_COOKIE);
 

Check to make sure the domain and expiration date for your cookies are valid.

[Khaiya]

var_dump doesn't return anything. Instead, try this:

var_dump($_COOKIE);
 

Check to make sure the domain and expiration date for your cookies are valid.

I've tried that now and it didn't work either, and I guess the main problem is that I only sort of know the domain and expiration date of my cookies, and I don't really understand what var_dump() even does...

I know that a cookie automatically attaches the domain that it was saved from to the cookie but when I call the cookie how do I specify the domain name it came from?