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POWhy can't I set a cookie in PHP which can be used in an If statement on the next page?
 

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    <p>I'm trying to create a cookie within PHP. By using the following code :</p> <pre><code>&lt;?php //Writing Cookie Data setcookie("Enabled", "True", time()+3600); setcookie("Username", $username); //Test if cookie is set. / Just for test purposes. echo $_COOKIE["Username"]; ?&gt; </code></pre> <p>After the cookie is set I've used a code to let users go to the next page by pressing an image (link). This one :</p> <pre><code>&lt;a href="folder/index.php"&gt;&lt;img src="image.png"&gt;&lt;/img&gt;&lt;/a&gt; </code></pre> <p>And I've used a code on the next page which will check if the cookie exists. This one :</p> <pre><code>&lt;!-- Security Start --&gt; &lt;?php If (isset($_COOKIE["Enabled"])) { } else { header("Location: ../"); } ?&gt; &lt;!-- Security Stop --&gt; </code></pre> <p>And when the user goes to the next page he'll just be redirected to the folder specified if the security cookie doesn't exist. I've probably setup everything correctly, and I've already checked many things, but I can't come up with a solution to this problem. The cookie should exist, and exsists. Because the echo code works on the same page. But after going to the next page; the cookie is suddenly gone, it doesn't exist. Echo and using it in an If statement on the next page are both not possible.</p> <p>Any ideas what might cause this?</p>
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    1. COYou should use SESSION rather than COOKIE for security stuff. Cookies are sent out in plain text to the users and can be manipulated and/or intercepted. The SESSION is stored in memory on the server.
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    2. COYou can view cookies in firebug / web dev...maybe its has to do with your browsers cookie settings?
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    3. COI've already tried using sessions. But the script I'm securing is already using Sessions; so I'm getting an error that the session already started. So I thought I'd do it this way. I know it's less secure but else it'll be conflicting with the other script.
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