set cookie value in javascript and displaying it with php

Question

i am having an output problem and i can't seem to trace the problem, here is the code:

sample.js

var m_names = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
var cmonth = myDate.getMonth();
var cdate = myDate.getDate();
var temp1 = m_names[cmonth];
var tempo = escape(temp1 + " " + cdate);
document.cookie=fcookie"=" + tempo;

output.php

<?php echo implode($_COOKIE)?>

and it displays

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but i want to display the date stored in the tempo variable,

i tried dispaying the tempo variabe directly and it dispalyed the right output,

any suggestions? i think i need to add a code in the php side.

Related: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5045053/set-cookie-wih-js-read-with-php-problem — jedwards, Sep 12 '12 at 05:22

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 12 '12 at 06:00

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i just changed the following

document.cookie='fcookie='+tempo;

and

if (isset($_COOKIE["fcookie"])) 
echo $_COOKIE["fcookie"]; 
else 
echo "Cookie Not Set";

answered Sep 12 '12 at 06:00

Patrick Narcelles

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Sibu · Answer 2 · 2012-09-12T05:42:16.867

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Your script has couple of mistakes, I have modified them and added some extra codes, Hope this works for you

<script>
    fcookie='mycookie';
    var monthname = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
    var myDate=new Date();//--->getting today's date
    var cmonth = myDate.getMonth();
    var cdate = myDate.getDate();
    var temp1 = monthname[cmonth];
    var tempo = escape(temp1 + " " + cdate); 
    document.cookie=fcookie+"=" + tempo;//-->missing cookie name and concatenation
    </script>
    <?php
    if (isset($_COOKIE["mycookie"]))
      echo $_COOKIE["mycookie"];
    else
       echo "Cookie Not Set";
    ?>

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edited Sep 12 '12 at 05:42

answered Sep 12 '12 at 05:25

Sibu

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both of my scripts are on different files, it gives me a Notice: Undefined index: mycookie – Patrick Narcelles Sep 12 '12 at 05:31
@PatrickNarcelles I don't think that will a issue, because if a cookie is set you can access it from different file. – Sibu Sep 12 '12 at 05:34
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@PatrickNarcelles that's because your cookie was not set, check this page http://javascript.about.com/library/blwcookie.htm , it explains creating cookie setting domain path and cookie expiry date, also i have edited my answer. – Sibu Sep 12 '12 at 05:47
now it goes to the else part, it displays Cookie Not Set, i tried your suggestion, which is to add fcookie='mycookie'; – Patrick Narcelles Sep 12 '12 at 05:48
thanks for the tips sir, i just changed the following document.cookie='fcookie='+tempo; and if (isset($_COOKIE["fcookie"])) echo $_COOKIE["fcookie"]; else echo "Cookie Not Set"; – Patrick Narcelles Sep 12 '12 at 05:58

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 12 '12 at 05:18

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First of all, the $_COOKIE you are seeing is the PHPSESSID cookie... You are not viewing the JS cookies. This article has good info on the relationship between PHP and JS cookies: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html

answered Sep 12 '12 at 05:18

christopher

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set cookie value in javascript and displaying it with php

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