Re: cookies and PHP3

"Whizkids Infotech Private Limited, New Delhi" wrote:

>
> I am using PHP and Mysql.  I am using the function
>
> SetCookie("var",value);
>
> to put a variable in the user´s browser, and i am able to read the
> Cookie
> while i do not close the browser.  But after i close the browser and
> open it
> again, the cookie has gone.  Do you know how to make a Cookie
> permanently?
> for example, if i close the browser that the the cookie value won´t be
> lost.
>

If you want the cookie to last longer then the browser session you
have to set the cookie expiration date. Look at the SetCookie()
function in the PHP manual for an example.

--leif

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