[SOLVED] cookies... please help!!!!

earl080688 · #1 Jan 14th, 2008, 00:58

hi there... i'm just starting to learn php, and to tell you honestly i'm really having a hard time learning it, but that's just fine. That's the challenge of programming. And even it's hard, i'm really enjoying it. ok..! now I just wanna ask something about cookies. Here is the sample cookie.

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<html>
<head>
<title>Cookies</title>
</head>

<body>
    <?php setcookie('test', 45, time()+(60*60*24*7)); ?>

</body>
</html>

i must see a blankpage here right? because i just set a cookie. But instead of getting a blankpage, What i get is a warning. like this "Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at C:\wamp\www\php_sandbox\cookies.php:7) in C:\wamp\www\php_sandbox\cookies.php on line 7" can anyone please tell me what went wrong? please... help.

Monie · #2 Jan 14th, 2008, 01:41

Could you post your full code here!

I think this usually happen when you have a blank line before the <?php or maybe you include header.php before you process the page!

earl080688 · #3 Jan 14th, 2008, 02:10

hello monie... thank you for your reply. but i think i figured out what went wrong, and it's in the php.ini file because the output_buffering is previously set to "OFF". now that i put a specific value for that, i'm not getting the same warning anymore. Thank you again for you're reply and intention too help me. more power and have a nice day.

Monie · #4 Jan 14th, 2008, 02:17

Ahh.. Thanks for sharing the solution

alexgeek · #5 Jan 14th, 2008, 05:51

Solved!
A cookie is sent as a header so it must be sent before the first <html> or before any output.
This also goes for sessions, headers and more.

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[SOLVED] cookies... please help!!!!