Setting a cookie on Wordpress site

[sammiefields251]

Hi all

I hope this is the right place for this question, since form what little I know, cookies are set using javascript.

Here's what I'd like to do on my self-hosted Wordpress website.

1. I'd like to set a cookie when a person visits one particular page on my website, let's call it Page 1.
2. Then, when that visitor goes to another unrelated page (Page 2), he/she gets automatically redirected to Page 3 (because of the cookie that was set when they visited Page 1). Visitors without the cookie, don't ever get to see Page 3.

Is this doable?

Thanks so much.


Sammie

[JonBMN]

Try it and post your code!

[sammiefields251]

Well OK, after much research and trial and error, here's what I got:


I put the following code into my functions.php file. Here's what I want:

1. I want the cookie to be set only when the visitor goes to Post 1.
2. When someone visits Post 2, if they have the cookie, they get redirected to Post 3. If they don't have the cookie, nothing happens.

Now it seems to be working, but the problem is sometimes, when the cookie isn't set, I get redirected to Post 3 from the home page :s. I have no idea why.

I should mention I know nothing about coding. The code below is stuff I got online, mixed and matched it, and did some trial and error with my blog.

function set_newuser_cookie() {

$currentURL = "http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

//THE ABOVE GETS THE CURRENT URL

	if (!isset($_COOKIE['subscriber']) && $currentURL == 'http://mysite.com/post1') {
		setcookie('subscriber', no, 0, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN, false);

//THE ABOVE SETS A COOKIE IF IT FINDS THE CURRENT URL IS /POST1

	}
}
add_action( 'init', 'set_newuser_cookie');

//I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ABOVE IS, BUT I HEAR IT'S IMPORTANT

$currentURL = "http://" . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];

//THE ABOVE GETS THE URL AGAIN

    if (  isset( $_COOKIE["subscriber"] ) &&  $currentURL == 'http://mysite.com/post2' ) :
        header( "Location: http://mysite.com/post3" );
    endif;

//THE ABOVE REDIRECTS THE VISITOR TO POST3 ON 2 CONDITIONS: 1. THAT THE COOKIE IS SET, 2. THAT THE CURRENT URL IS /POST2

Thanks!!