Brief sysnopsis dear Monks...

I'm wirting something far larger than I had imagined but... Admin system where multiple users can administer their own pages (so I don't have to) thru admin GUI.

Have read as much as possible about Cookies and am using CGI::Cookie.

Thought I had the hang of it until I created a "Preview" link for admin users. Window opens no probs (who can screw-up on a simple one-liner of javascript?!?) but the cookies appear to be reset. Upon closing the new window and clicking on another link within the admin system, the User is bugged-out 'cos there are no cookie values!

I'm positive this is considered a "session" issue but can't quite get the hang of it... yet.

As an example, I first noticed the prob when I created a link which opens a new window and displays a photo (or any photo) previously uploaded by the user. The upload program is a seperate file (chmod 777 etc...= with a "Location:http://www.my.com etc" upon successful upload. In this file, there are no $query=>cookie variables, no cookies are checked for their existence, neiher are any cookies set. This works as it should - presumably because it doesn't open a new window(?).

Yet upon opening a new window to get a preview of any photo (or text or whatever) uploaded, something somewhere happens and I get sent to the login page when I click on another link after closing the new window. Hense I'm presuming it to be a session issue. Right or wrong? You tell me.

I'm hoping that, with a gentle nudge in the right direction (although full-blown code would be greatly appreciated), I'll be able to squish this problem and maintain session status across numerous windows - I'm planning on having several "preview" windows for both text and photos and don't really want the user to be spat-out of the admin system every time they want to check on something purely because I haven't got the cookie issue right!

Any help/advice is... you know what - and Yes! I have done searches etc...

Kind regards in advance (also big thanks to those who reply)

Richard
Principality of Andorra (yes - it does exist!)

In reply to Cookie & Session type problem... by meetn2veg

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