Re: Cookies, mod_perl and apache request handlers

Hmmm ... from the example given, there's nothing glaringly wrong. Do you have any other handlers on the same uri? I wouldn't rely solely on being prompted by the browser. Install firebug and see exactly what's coming back. If firebug isn't an option, do the request outside of the browser (lwp-request or curl have options to display all the returned headers and status codes).

-derby

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Re^2: Cookies, mod_perl and apache request handlers by reasonablekeith (Deacon) on Sep 25, 2007 at 14:06 UTC
cheers derby, the firebug link was the push in the right direction that I needed! The header was being set fine, the 'problem' was because I handn't specified an 'expires' parameter, and my lack of understanding over how cookies are managed without it (IE wasn't bothering to write it to disk, which is where I was looking for it). My problem didn't really exist! Sorry guys. cheers for your help everyone. PS: If anyone is interested, I got it working with the following snippet. (which is probably not how it will stay, but is a good simple example.) `my $session = new CGI::Session(undef, undef, {Directory=>'c:/temp/ +sessions'}); my $count = $session->param('count'); $session->param('count', $count + 1); my $cookie = $query->cookie( -name => $session->name, -value => $session->id ); $r->content_type('text/html'); $r->err_headers_out->add('Set-Cookie' => "$cookie; expires=Tue Jan + 01 00:00:01 2036 GMT"); $session->flush();` [download] --- my name's not Keith, and I'm not reasonable.	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Cookies, mod_perl and apache request handlers
by reasonablekeith (Deacon) on Sep 25, 2007 at 14:06 UTC

The header was being set fine, the 'problem' was because I handn't specified an 'expires' parameter, and my lack of understanding over how cookies are managed without it (IE wasn't bothering to write it to disk, which is where I was looking for it).

My problem didn't really exist! Sorry guys.

cheers for your help everyone.

PS: If anyone is interested, I got it working with the following snippet. (which is probably not how it will stay, but is a good simple example.)

    my $session = new CGI::Session(undef, undef, {Directory=>'c:/temp/
+sessions'});

    my $count = $session->param('count');
    $session->param('count', $count + 1);
    my $cookie = $query->cookie( -name   => $session->name,
                                 -value  => $session->id
                                 );

    $r->content_type('text/html');
    $r->err_headers_out->add('Set-Cookie' => "$cookie; expires=Tue Jan
+ 01 00:00:01 2036 GMT");

    $session->flush();
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