Cookie Help

[Jasonb61]

Can someone explain how to define a cookie life?

Like in my php script I have $COOKIE_LIFE = 3*24*3600; and I know that will set a cookie for 3 Days.... What would I put to set a cookie for 1 Day?

Thanks,
JohnnyX

[ShriekForth]

$COOKIE_LIFE = 3*24*3600;

you need to set the cookie in seconds.

So in the above example, 3(Days) * 24(hours) * 3600(Seconds in an Hour 60 seconds per min, 60 min per hours)

To set your cookie to 1 day, you would need 24 * 3600 or 86400 seconds. The variable $COOKIE_LIFE is probably being used in the function php setcookie along with time() something link this if it's set server side.

setcookie ("TestCookie", "", time() + $COOKIE_LIFE);

In javascript, you set it with the same number, but getting the server date/time is more reliable than the client date/time.

var exp = new Date(<? echo $COOKIE_LIFE; ?>);
document.cookie = "username=joe; expires=" + exptoGMTString();

ShriekForth