cookie question

[Alexander Ross]

referring to the code below, will the cookie expire 24 hours after its
created, or will it expire 24 hours after the last time I add a variable to
the cookie??

if ($_POST['answerok']){
if (!($_COOKIE['adagame-5q24h']))

setcookie("adagame-5q24h[]",$_POST['questionid'],time()+60*60*24,"/","",0);
else
setcookie("adagame-5q24h[]",$_POST['questionid']);
}

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Alexander Ross
al******@bleen.net

[stephan beal]

Alexander Ross wrote:

referring to the code below, will the cookie expire 24 hours after its
created, or will it expire 24 hours after the last time I add a variable
to the cookie??

It will expire 24 hours after the time returned by time() (i.e., 24 horus
from when it is set/updated). Each cookie is only one variable (though the
exact content of that variable may logically be two or more pieces of
data).

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[MeerKat]

stephan beal wrote:

Alexander Ross wrote:

referring to the code below, will the cookie expire 24 hours after its
created, or will it expire 24 hours after the last time I add a variable
to the cookie??

It will expire 24 hours after the time returned by time() (i.e., 24 horus
from when it is set/updated). Each cookie is only one variable (though the
exact content of that variable may logically be two or more pieces of
data).

Actually, the first time the cookie is set, it will expire after 24
hours. However, on subsequent calls to the page where the cookie is
returned, the new cookie will be a session cookie and will expire when
the browser closes.

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MeerKat