Re: Weird Cookie Problem Part 2
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2007
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 68860
interpreted = N
texte = Sounds like a time thing, your cookie is set to GMT, is your server on another time zone? Make an adjustment and you may solve your problem. On 23 Apr 2007, at 3:11 PM, Eddie Z wrote: > As soon as my server hit midnight, this set cookie code posted in > my first > post started working again. It is supposed to set the expiration to > one day > ahead. > > This made me get look at my other setcookie code that I often use > that has > the same problems with: > [setcookie name=ezcookie&value=[usku]&expires=Tuesday, 29-Nov-2011 > 23:23:23 > GMT&path=/&domain=ez1productions.com] > > There's no math involved with this one, but I've never paid > attention to > what time of the day people have had problems with this one. > > Again, all advice/help is appreciated. > Eddie > > > First Post: > I've been using the same setcookie code on my sites for many years > and for > some reason, every now and again, the cookie code is ignored and > users are > not able to log in to my sites. It's purely random and doesn't have > anything > to do with browser settings. For instance, a few days ago I logged > into a > site without a problem and today I tried to log in again and wasn't > able to. > I checked my cookies to make sure it was gone and restarted my > browser. I > didn't touch the code or site at all in the past few days, so I > started > testing to see where the problem lay. Its a log in page with a > username and > password form. On submit it checks the name and password in a > database and > sets a cookie with the user's ID before redirecting to another > page. I've > tested everything and can say that my problem is definitely with > this line > of code: > > [setcookie name=nerconsecure&value=[userID]&expires=[format > days_to_date %A, > %d-%b-%Y][math]{[date]}+1[/math][/format] [math > time]{[time]}+{05:00:00}[/math] GMT&path=/ > &domain=nercon.thinksite.com] > > Does anyone see anything wrong with this? I'm not ruling out that > there > could be despite the fact I've used it for so long, but I don't > understand > why it would work one day and not the next. > > Any help is appreciated. > Eddie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list
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Sounds like a time thing, your cookie is set to GMT, is your server on another time zone? Make an adjustment and you may solve your problem. On 23 Apr 2007, at 3:11 PM, Eddie Z wrote: > As soon as my server hit midnight, this set cookie code posted in > my first > post started working again. It is supposed to set the expiration to > one day > ahead. > > This made me get look at my other setcookie code that I often use > that has > the same problems with: > [setcookie name=ezcookie&value=[usku]&expires=Tuesday, 29-Nov-2011 > 23:23:23 > GMT&path=/&domain=ez1productions.com] > > There's no math involved with this one, but I've never paid > attention to > what time of the day people have had problems with this one. > > Again, all advice/help is appreciated. > Eddie > > > First Post: > I've been using the same setcookie code on my sites for many years > and for > some reason, every now and again, the cookie code is ignored and > users are > not able to log in to my sites. It's purely random and doesn't have > anything > to do with browser settings. For instance, a few days ago I logged > into a > site without a problem and today I tried to log in again and wasn't > able to. > I checked my cookies to make sure it was gone and restarted my > browser. I > didn't touch the code or site at all in the past few days, so I > started > testing to see where the problem lay. Its a log in page with a > username and > password form. On submit it checks the name and password in a > database and > sets a cookie with the user's ID before redirecting to another > page. I've > tested everything and can say that my problem is definitely with > this line > of code: > > [setcookie name=nerconsecure&value=[userID]&expires=[format > days_to_date %A, > %d-%b-%Y][math]{[date]}+1[/math][/format] [math > time]{[time]}+{05:00:00}[/math] GMT&path=/ > &domain=nercon.thinksite.com] > > Does anyone see anything wrong with this? I'm not ruling out that > there > could be despite the fact I've used it for so long, but I don't > understand > why it would work one day and not the next. > > Any help is appreciated. > Eddie > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to digest@talk.smithmicro.com> > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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