Hi Monks, I previously extensively programmed in CGI and Perl about 10 years ago. I am just back to it building an e-commerce website for a new business venture. I still have my old code but trying a write a simple cookie has thrown me. The below CGI prograpm runs fine and redirects correctly to the required Perl program but it does not create the cookie as I would expect. I know I am rusty but I have agonised for the past few hours over it. Any help as to what I have done wrong? A big thanks in advance. My code is as follows:

use CGI ()


# $mc_form_member_name is extracted from the Member Database Table

$mc_cookie_domain_name = ".sample.com";
$mc_cookie_expiration_time = "+2h";
$mc_cookie_name = "Order_Cookie";
$mc_cookie_value = $mc_form_member_name;


my $cgi = CGI->new();
my $cookie = $cgi->cookie(-name => $mc_cookie_name, -value => $mc_cook
+ie_value, expires => $mc_cookie_expiration_time, domain => $mc_cookie
+_domain_name);
print $cgi->redirect(-url => 'https://www.sample.com/cgi-bin/confirm_a
+ccount_2.pl', -cookie => $cookie);


#End of Create Cookie

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In reply to CGI Cookie creation problem by Nicko2004

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