urgent problem: can't retrieve cookie

[deryk_deguzman]

hi. i've spent 5 hours trying to solve this problem but can't seem to
handle it.

my code to set a cookie goes like this:

use CGI;
$qs = new CGI;
$ckName = cookie(-name=>'name', -value=>'aaa');
print $qs->header(-cookie=>$ckName);

then i have a link on that page that goes to a cgi file that has:

use CGI;
$query = new CGI;
print $query->header;
print $query->start_html();
$cookie = $query->cookie('name');
print "IT IS: $cookie";

my problem is that the second file isn't getting the cookie. it's in
the same directory as my first cgi file but can't find the cookie. what
can i do to fix this?

also, when i print out $ckName in my first file, it prints out
"name=blah; path=/" to my page. but when i do something like:

$mycookie = $qs->cookie('name');
print $mycookie;

nothing comes out.

i'd really appreciate any help i can get with this. thanks.

 

[deryk_deguzman]

btw,

i also tried setting the cookie path to '/cgi-bin', which is where the
2 cgi files are, but that didn't work either.

 

[Scott Bryce]

my code to set a cookie goes like this:

use CGI;
$qs = new CGI;
$ckName = cookie(-name=>'name', -value=>'aaa');
print $qs->header(-cookie=>$ckName);

Please include use strict; and use warnings; in your scripts. Had you
done so, Perl would have told you where the problem was.

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;

my $qs = new CGI;
my $ckName = $qs->cookie(-name=>'name', -value=>'aaa');
#------------^^^^^
print $qs->header(-cookie=>$ckName);

then i have a link on that page that goes to a cgi file that has:

use CGI;
$query = new CGI;
print $query->header;
print $query->start_html();
$cookie = $query->cookie('name');
print "IT IS: $cookie";

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;

my $query = new CGI;
print $query->header;
print $query->start_html();
my $cookie = $query->cookie('name');
print "IT IS: $cookie";

my problem is that the second file isn't getting the cookie.

Your problem was that the first script was not setting the cookie.

 

[Scott Bryce]

Please include use strict; and use warnings; in your scripts. Had you
done so, Perl would have told you where the problem was.

I'll correct myself here. Had you tried to compile and run the script,
even without strictures and warnings, Perl would have told you where the
problem is. Is this really your code?

 

[deryk_deguzman]

yes, it is. and thanks for the reply. it appears that the cookie is
set. when i try to print the header twice, i see the header as printing
"Set-cookie:name='aaa'...".

how would u advise i solve this problem of not setting the cookie
correctly? i've compared this code with other scripts out there, and it
seems to be ok.

 

[Scott Bryce]

Please quote enough of the post you are responding to to put your
response in context.

yes, it is.

I assume you mean that the code you posted is your actual code. It can't
be. It doesn't compile.

it appears that the cookie is set.

How do you know that? Have you asked your browser whether IT thinks the
cookie was set?

when i try to print the header twice, i see the header as printing
"Set-cookie:name='aaa'...".

This does not mean that the cookie is being set. When you send the
header the second time, the browser thinks it is part of your HTML
stream, which it actually is.

how would u advise i solve this problem of not setting the cookie
correctly?

The code I posted works on my machine. I would look for the problem
elsewhere.

i've compared this code with other scripts out there, and it seems to
be ok.

"Other scripts out there" are not necessarily a good way to tell if your
script is OK. If the "other scripts out there" don't use strictures or
warnings, they are suspect.