Re^4: Cookies write to screen, not to cookie file

Removing the two lines changed the output that I was getting with the CGI::Cookie previously. Instead of having the cookie data print out on a blank page, the cookie data now printed out just above the confirmation message, which is exactly what I was getting with my original, non CGI::Cookie code.

Using the script.pl, the cookie writes to the cookie file as it should, but I don't have the data that I want to write, so it can't be incorporated in the system.

It appears that I either need to somehow turn off the content command that sets up the output buffer, or I need to go back to the drawing board and redo the system.

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Re^5: Cookies write to screen, not to cookie file by antirice (Priest) on Jul 02, 2004 at 04:04 UTC
This suggestion may tick you off, but it's only a suggestion. You may want to eventually migrate to something like CGI::Application. The way it works is that you build up the output in a run_mode and within this runmode you can change things such as what the headers will print when you're ready to go. HTTP is all text and certain things are expected to happen. Once you get beyond certain points (i.e. headers are already sent) then it's too late to send out cookies or anything else for that matter. A short-term possibility is to move most of the logic for detecting cookies and whatnot up towards the beginning of the script. Then you just set flags for later use but use them at the beginning while printing out the headers to make certain you send everything you need. Of course, I may be reading everything incorrectly and coming across as an idiot. If so, then I apologize as I've been up for an extraordinary amount of time. antirice The first rule of Perl club is - use Perl The ith rule of Perl club is - follow rule i - 1 for i > 1	[reply]

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Re^5: Cookies write to screen, not to cookie file
by antirice (Priest) on Jul 02, 2004 at 04:04 UTC

This suggestion may tick you off, but it's only a suggestion. You may want to eventually migrate to something like CGI::Application. The way it works is that you build up the output in a run_mode and within this runmode you can change things such as what the headers will print when you're ready to go. HTTP is all text and certain things are expected to happen. Once you get beyond certain points (i.e. headers are already sent) then it's too late to send out cookies or anything else for that matter.

A short-term possibility is to move most of the logic for detecting cookies and whatnot up towards the beginning of the script. Then you just set flags for later use but use them at the beginning while printing out the headers to make certain you send everything you need.

Of course, I may be reading everything incorrectly and coming across as an idiot. If so, then I apologize as I've been up for an extraordinary amount of time.

antirice
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