The '-encoding' attribute sets the encoding in the XML declaration, not as a META element. To get that, you'd use this (which is pretty ugly but works):

my $q = CGI->new();

print $q->header(-charset => 'utf-8'),
    $q->start_html(
        -encoding => 'utf-8',
        -head     => $q->meta({
            -http_equiv => 'Content-Type',
            -content    => 'text/html; charset=utf-8'
        })
    );
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Thanks, that fixed it.


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The IE behavior should be considered a feature. If the user specifically asks not to be remembered, then the cookie should be session-only.

>The IE behavior should be considered a feature.

I believe this answer stems from a complete misunderstanding of the original poster's question.

Doesn't "session-only" mean "until the browser is quit?"

The cookie is not saved until the browser is quit, according to the OP's account. It's lost, in IE, right away, so, not a feature.

I know there are bugs in some versions of IE which require the path to be set, but I don't think that's common-- Mac version 5 only?

Short answer: show us your code, and check out the exact details of the cookie using a browser which allows you do do that.

Does your "log-in successful" page actually check that a cookie has been set? Or does it just assume that it's been set? What are the conditions you check in order to return "log-in successful"?

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First I should say that when I changed the cookie expiration time from 30 minuts to 1 day, it was created.
And yes, I assumed the cookie was created. I'll fix that and see what happenes, but I guess that won't be neccessary (For the sake of the matter, not the sake of the program), 'cause I use Mozilla's developer plugin which displays information on all cookies the page uses. When trying to login with IE (Without the 'remember me'), it does not find a cookie, so it is definitely not created.
Anyway, it's pretty interesting that when giving an expiration time of a number of days the cookie is created, but when giving an expiration time of minuts or hours it's not.


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But what can I do? IE users cannot access the program. They login, get the message that the login was successfull, and when trying to access any page of the program, they are requested to login again, meaning the cookie was deleted.
If I can't fix it, that's a bit of a problem.


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I suspect the IE settings need to be ajusted. I don't think there is anything odd about how CGI.pm generates cookies, so there probably isn't anything to be done on the server side.

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print $query->header(-charset=>'utf-8');
print $query->start_html(-encoding=>'utf-8');
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Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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What browser is not setting the encoding from the Content-Type?