Re: how to set a cookie without using CGI.pm?

Cookie-Set must precede Content-type:

$cookie = "Set-Cookie: cid=$cookie_id; expires=01-Jan-2020 01:01:01 GM
+T;";
print "$cookie";
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
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Re^2: how to set a cookie without using CGI.pm? by merlyn (Sage) on Feb 04, 2005 at 15:34 UTC
No, the order of those headers don't matter. But both of them must precede the blank line that separates the head of a MIME message from the body. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker Be sure to read my standard disclaimer if this is a reply.	[reply]
Re^3: how to set a cookie without using CGI.pm? by Anonymous Monk on Feb 04, 2005 at 17:47 UTC
thanks for the replies guys, i think it was because i didn't set the cookie with a path and/or i didn't have the day in date format for the time, works now!	[reply]