cookie created but impossible to read it

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Hi I've the following code to create a cookie when a user login into my webapp

$cookie = CGI::Cookie->new(-name => 'USERNAME',
                           -value => $encrypted,
                           -expires => '+3M',
                           -path => '/cgi-bin/recordz',
                           -secure => 1);
        
print $query->header(-cookie=>$cookie);
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then after I attempt to read the value back in my code

    local our $cookie_in = $query->cookie('USERNAME');
    print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n";
    print $cookie_in;
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$cookie_in is always empty but in the cookie manager the cookie exist and got the correct values any idea welcome thanks

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Re: cookie created but impossible to read it by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 05, 2014 at 10:18 UTC
Are you accessing the CGI script with HTTPS? If not, `-secure => 1` will prevent the browser from sending it. Also, you can (and should) debug all the steps that the cookie takes. For example with firebug (a firefox extension), you can see the whole HTTP response, including headers. Is the Set-Cookie line like you'd expect it? If yes, next step: in the browser, list all cookies for your domain. Is it there? If yes, next step: initiate another HTTP request from the browser, inspect the HTTP request. Is the cookie in there? If you can answer all of those questions with "yes", you know that you have a problem with reading the cookie. Otherwise it's a problem with setting the cookie (or possibly a step inbetween). Perl 6 - the future is here, just unevenly distributed	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: cookie created but impossible to read it by alexandre (Scribe) on Apr 05, 2014 at 10:51 UTC
thanks the path was wrong it's work fine rigth now :)	[reply]
Re: cookie created but impossible to read it by Anonymous Monk on Apr 05, 2014 at 09:48 UTC
any idea welcome Paths do not match (or other cookie details do not match ) , thats about the only thing it could be Also, `local our $cookie_in` is fishy (code smell) Also, Basic debugging checklist , brian's Guide to Solving Any Perl Problem, CGI Help Guide , Troubleshooting Perl CGI scripts, CGI to mod_perl Porting. mod_perl Coding guidelines	[reply] [d/l]