Physical location of cookies created by setCookie() function, and expiry

[knkk]

I am not able to locate the cookies created by the setCookie function. They are not in the standard IE folder where temporary Internet files and cookies are placed. Does anyone know where I search, or how I trace them?

Also, I created cookies using this command:

$string_to_check = $type."_".$pid;
setCookie("$string_to_check", "1", time()+30*1);
 

The cookie doesn't expire in 30 seconds - in fact, it doesn't seem to expire at all.

One of the reasons that I want to see the actual cookies is to see what the expiration time is being set to.

I'd be quite grateful for any pointers. Thank you very much for your time!

[pbmods]

Heya, knkk.

You could run some JavaScript on the client side:

document.write(document.cookie);
 

I think when setting cookie expiration dates, you have to format your datetime in RFC standard format. Try using:

setcookie( ..., date(DATE_RFC822, time() + 30));
 

[knkk]

Heya, knkk.

You could run some JavaScript on the client side:

document.write(document.cookie);
 

I think when setting cookie expiration dates, you have to format your datetime in RFC standard format. Try using:

setcookie( ..., date(DATE_RFC822, time() + 30));
 

Thanks, pbmods. I am trying to do this using php itself, not JS. Also, I just noticed that my code works in FF but not in IE. That is, the cookie expires in FF in 30s, but not in IE. But I do not see the actual cookie in FF either (when I do Tools -> Options -> Show Cookies).

I tried your RFC command, but it doesn't appear to set the cookie at all.

[knkk]

Well, I am able to see the actual cookie in FF and in IE now (though I did nothing different ). I guess it was always visible in FF - it was just expiring in 30s, before I could see it. In IE, however, it is showing up suddenly now, and this is the text of the cookie file:

events_3525
1
www.mydomain.com/
1536
3949138304
29878276
3661621984
29878196
*

Would anyone know what all those numbers mean? Thank you for your time.

[knkk]

I just figured that my IE cookie expires in about 9 hours and 33 minutes though I set it to expire in 30 seconds. Cannot figure out why :(.

[knkk]

Okay, so I figured this out. The time zones in the client machine and the server were different. I set them both to the exact same time and zone, and IE too started working.

For anyone who needs to do the same on a Linux box (change the time zone):

http://www.linuxsa.org.au/tips/time.html

[pbmods]

Heya, Knkk.

Thanks for posting your solution!

Glad to hear you got it working! Good luck with your project, and if you ever need anything, post back anytime :)