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Prakhar Patwa
Prakhar Patwa
11,260 Points
Posted by Prakhar Patwa
Prakhar Patwa
11,260 Points

question regarding setcookie

working on login/logout system i have added a remember me functionality

cookieset('email',$email,time()+60); //it means it going to be set for 60 sec. and then it will be logout.

please test it, prakharpatwa.com/login when i check in the google chrome setting<advance setting<all cookies and site data it showing the expire time is in 2032 years, which is driving me crazy,

How to deal with it? please enter in the login page u_id - asthasharma@gail.com pass - 12345

Riku S.
Riku S.
11,322 Points

At least it should be setcookie(), not cookieset().

1 Answer

Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points
Codin - Codesmite
Codin - Codesmite
8,600 Points

The Syntax is setcookie() not cookieset().

Example:

<?
setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, time() + (86400 * 30), "/"); // 86400 = 1 day
?>

The "/" I have added after the duration is to set the path that the cookie applys too, "/" will set it to be availible across the entire domain, the default setting is the directory of the location the cookie was set. So if you set the cookie in a file located at "/includes/header.php" for example, the cookie will only be valid within the "/includes" directory.