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A set cookie is not found with php

I have set a cookie with php and I can see it is set with my browser. when i try to get it back (from other page on the same website) it seems that doesn’t found.
here is how I set the cookie:

 setcookie("login",$login, time()+86400*365); 

and I’m getting it back like this:

$_COOKIE['login'];

thanks

Answer 1

Are you setting a cookie then checking if it exists on the same page. Because I’ve tried that and it can only be accessed on a new page load. You can try having a page that sets the cookie then have a page that checks if the cookie exists.

Here is what PHP Manual says:

setcookie() defines a cookie to be sent along with the rest of the
HTTP headers. Like other headers, cookies must be sent before any
output from your script (this is a protocol restriction). This
requires that you place calls to this function prior to any output,
including and tags as well as any whitespace.
http://php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php

You may want to echo $_COOKIE['logon'];
or add setcookie("login",$login, time()+86400*365, "/");