Quick PHP Cookies question

not_sure

Hi im in the middle of learning php and im just doing cookies at the moment but i am getting a parse error and im not sure why. If anyone would mind taking a look for me cheers!
This one works fine
[php]
<?php

$myVal = "1093529642";

setCookie('real.com',"$myVal", time() + 3600 * 24);

?>
[/php]

[php]
<?php

echo

?>
[/php]
Parse error: parse error, expecting '','' or '';'' in /home/ict/bgoldbach/public_html/p4/stu/des/p4ex802.php on line 3


Oh by the way i am trying to get it ot print out the cookie real.com

dangerman

not a php expert by any means,

but don't you need a ; after the

echo

line?

sorry if this is just stoopid.

not_sure

dangerman thats the parse error its giving me

dangerman

ok, i think we better wait till one of the big kids gets here.

/me runs off back to the photoshoppage forum.

seamus

http://ie2.php.net/setcookie

Doublecheck the syntax of your usage of setCookie();

chakotha

Shouldn't it be

[PHP]<?php

echo($real.com);

?> [/PHP]

You might have to drop the full stop in the variable name - not sure about that

Ivan Dunaev

echo $_COOKIE;

The Corinthian

First of all, a minor point, in that your variable $myVal need not be in quotes:
[PHP]<?php
setCookie("real.com", $myVal, time() + 3600 * 24);
?> [/PHP]
Think of your cookie as an array and the above has just set the value $myVal to the array key "real.com". On your second and subsequent scripts you can then output the cookie:
[PHP]<?php
echo $_COOKIE["real.com"];
?> [/PHP]
Other tricks you can try with arrays include checking if a cookie variable has been set:
[PHP]<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["real.com"])) {
echo "real.com is set";
} else {
echo "real.com is not set";
}
?> [/PHP]
And listing out all the cookie variables currently set (remember it is an array):
[PHP]<?php
foreach($_COOKIE as $key => $value) {
echo $key." : ".$value;
}
?> [/PHP]
HTH