Gossamer Forum: General: Perl Programming: Stupid mistake with cookies :|

Feb 6, 2003, 2:18 PM

Andy

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:18 PM

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Stupid mistake with cookies :|

Can anyone see a problem with this code?

Code:
  my $cookie_pass = $IN->cookie (-name    => 'pass', 
                                 -value    => $pass 
                                 );	  

      print $IN->header( -cookie => $cookie_pass );  

  my $cookie_user = $IN->cookie (-name    => 'user', 
                                 -value    => $id 
                                 );	  

      print $IN->header( -cookie => $cookie_user );

For some reason, when calling them, only the 'user' one holds a value Unimpressed

I've tracked down $pass, and that seems to be getting right upto where the cookie is set....so what am I doing wrong?

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:23 PM

Paul

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:23 PM

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Re: [Andy] Stupid mistake with cookies :| In reply to

Well indeed because you are printing two headers.

Code:
my $cookie_pass = $IN->cookie (-name => 'pass', -value => $pass, -path => '/', -expires => '+1d' );           
my $cookie_user = $IN->cookie (-name  => 'user', -value => $id, -path => '/', -expires => '+1d' );          

print $IN->header( -cookie => [$cookie_pass, $cookie_user] );

You want -path and -expires in there too.

Feb 6, 2003, 2:25 PM

Andy

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:25 PM

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Eugh...knew it was something stupid! Think I better get some sleep after this last little bit...LOL

>>>You want -path and -expires in there too. <<<

Why? I only need the cookie available in memory of the browser, and accessable from the same script :)

Thanks Smile

Andy (mod)
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Feb 6, 2003, 2:34 PM

Paul

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:34 PM

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Well ok for a session cookie you can remove the -expires but using path is still advisable as I've found that some browsers especially *honk* on macs, have a problem reading cookies without paths.

Feb 6, 2003, 2:36 PM

Andy

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Feb 6, 2003, 2:36 PM

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Oh...ok. I'll get the path part added in then...thanks for the tip...

But first of all, I need some zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Crazy

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Feb 12, 2003, 7:30 AM

golden_water

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Feb 12, 2003, 7:30 AM

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So is the problem solved........???

I add a path there but no luck..

Feb 12, 2003, 7:36 AM

Andy

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Feb 12, 2003, 7:36 AM

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Re: [golden_water] Stupid mistake with cookies :| In reply to

Yeah, I sorted it out. Ended up using;

Code:
      my $cookie_pass = $IN->cookie (-name    => 'pass', 
                                     -value    => $pass 
                                     );	  

      my $cookie_user = $IN->cookie (-name    => 'user', 
                                     -value    => $id 
                                     );	  

      print $IN->header( -cookie => [$cookie_user,$cookie_pass] );

Then to read it, I used;

Code:
$IN->cookie('user')

Hope that helps Smile

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Feb 12, 2003, 7:50 AM

Paul

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Feb 12, 2003, 7:50 AM

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I see I made my speech on using -path for nothing :)

Feb 12, 2003, 7:53 AM

Andy

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Feb 12, 2003, 7:53 AM

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Heheh...nah. Its included in the newest version...I just grabbed the code from one of the old versions of the plugin Tongue

Cheers

Andy (mod)
andy@ultranerds.co.uk

Feb 16, 2003, 9:45 AM

andybrock

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Feb 16, 2003, 9:45 AM

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I am just doing some 'cookie' experiments myself. Could you post the version with -path in it? I don't know where the -path is meant to go.

Thanks in advance.

AndyB

Feb 16, 2003, 10:14 AM

Paul

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Feb 16, 2003, 10:14 AM

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Look at post 2.

Feb 17, 2003, 9:23 AM

andybrock

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