sorry, I was wrong ... all the $session in my previous post should be $cookie... (I typed the wrong word) I think the domain is not the one that cause the problem... remember that I refer to the same page (but sometimes success and the other time it's fail) What did u mean by "unless you use the right parameters in setcookie()" Please more detail (I want to know if I miss something in setcookie parameter).. Thanx a lot Flame ----- Original Message ----- From: "John W. Holmes" <holmes072000@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Sukanto Kho" <starofflame@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 10:05 AM Subject: Re: $cookie error > Sukanto Kho wrote: > > > I'm using $_session to store user name and status > > > > and the session is used as key to access some pages > > > > and I set the cookie variables like this : > > setcookie ("name",$user_name, $time+3600); > > setcookie ("status",$status, $time+3600); > > > > and the authentication of the session variable like this : > > if(!isset($_COOKIE['name']) or !isset($_COOKIE['status']) or $_COOKIE['status']!='user') > > {header("location:sign_in.php");exit;} > > else > > {$user_active=$_COOKIE['name'];$status=$_COOKIE['status'];} > > > > But the problem is that sometimes when I link to (eg : product_add.php require $_session) it success but in the other time it's fail ..(although I do it continuous ...I mean after the 1st time success and 2nd times fail)... > > it couldn't be the problem of $_session lifetime ... I think. > > I can't find "why" such problem occurs.... > > $_SESSION and $_COOKIE are not the same thing. You seem to have them > confused or are not explaining things very well. > > on "product_add.php" print out the contents of $_COOKIE and $_SESSION > using print_r() so you can track what's in them and how they are changing. > > Cookies are tied to a domain, too. If you set a cookie on > "domain.com/product.php" and then link to "www.domain.com/product.php" > the cookie will not exist (unless you use the right parameters in > setcookie()). > > -- > ---John Holmes... > > Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ > > php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals – www.phparch.com > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php