Cookie Value Keeps Disappearing - Cookie Self Deletes

[jbh]

The code is below. Basically, 2 cookies SHOULD be set when 2 querystrings are used. However, only ONE of them (name) seems to stay put.

So if I go to my page 'main.php?name=Jim&mainquestion="test" I should
be able to just go to main.php, without the querystrings, and see values for BOTH cookies.

But only the cookie for NAME works. I check my browser (firefox) and the cookie for 'mainproblem' just disappears

Very weird:

   $name=$_REQUEST["name"];
   $mainproblem=$_REQUEST["mainquestion"];
   If($name<>"")
   {
   setcookie("name",$name, time()+312536000);
   setcookie("mainproblem",$mainproblem, time()+312536000);
   }
  
   $namecookie=$_COOKIE["name"];
   $prob=$_COOKIE["mainproblem"];
  echo $namecookie; // THIS ONE SHOWS
   echo "<P>$prob"; // THIS ONE IS NOW BLANK/DELETED.

[paulgb]

Do you have error reporting on? You should check that name and mainquestion are set and generate errors if they aren't. My best guess is that there might be a typo somewhere in the form that results in $_RESULT["mainquestion"] not being set.

[jbh]

Even with one cookie, I can move it to main.php without querystrings, it shows. BUT, if I refresh, it is gone forever

See below: (and YES, I do have error reporting. This is crazy)

 $firstname=$_REQUEST["name"];
 setcookie("firstname",$firstname,time()+3600); 
 
 $first=$_COOKIE["firstname"];
 
 echo $first;

[jbh]

Found a strange solution from an idea I had. Maybe this helps somebody else going through this hell:

If(!isset($_REQUEST["name"]))
{
$first=$_COOKIE["firstname"];
echo $first;
$option=$_COOKIE["option"];
echo $option;
}

If(isset($_REQUEST["name"]))
{
$firstname=$_REQUEST["name"];
setcookie("firstname",$firstname,time()+3600); 
$option=$_REQUEST["mainproblem"];
setcookie("option",$option,time()+3600);
}