cookie quickie

[johnn]

Need help with cookie
Hi,
In the a.php I have:

$wT= time()+3600*24*365;
$s = $_POST['zone'];
setCookie("tZone", $s, $wT);
echo $_COOKIE['tZone']; //echo out for test then comment it
//and I header() right here to go to b.php

and it does echo the cookie value above in a.php. But in b.php, the very first line I try to echo out value:
echo $_COOKIE['tZone'];

Nothing's displayed. Why?
(I'm using IE6,notebook, winXP Pro)

Thanks,
John

[petesmc]

Hi,

On page a.php why not output the value of $s and see if there is actually anything in it. Also, you may want to try and check if the cookie is actually getting set:

if (!setcooke("tZone", $s, $wT)) {
    echo "Failed!
} 

[johnn]

Thank you. I think I've got it. I did different way by setcookie in the same b.php. but I think that's not the problem. The prolem probably is:

setCookie("tZone", $s, $wT);

and

setCookie("tZone", $s, $wT, $dir, $path,0);

are different. There are 2 cookies that has same names 'tZone' here!, and the script may use the old variable, so it doesn't work. Delete the unwanted cookie and problem solved.