no results while checking if cookie exists

sugoo has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

$cookie = $cgi -> cookie(-name =>'ipcookie', -value => $remote_ip, -ex +pires => '+10s'); If a cookie is assigned to a variable as in this case, even when the cookie expires wouldn't the $cookie variable store the ip? or CGI cookie is designed to expire the variable as such? Please comment.

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Re: no results while checking if cookie exists by Eliya (Vicar) on Mar 01, 2012 at 14:31 UTC
it is not checking the part of 'if($cookie)' exists You're not assigning anything to the `$cookie` variable, before you test it in the `if`... See To retrieve a cookie, ...	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: no results while checking if cookie exists by sugoo (Initiate) on Mar 02, 2012 at 09:32 UTC
oopsy, corrected it. thank you for your time. In between, my cookie is not expiring within the time frame given.	[reply]
Re^3: no results while checking if cookie exists by Anonymous Monk on Mar 02, 2012 at 10:29 UTC
the expire value is not working out and value is not expiring on its own. to ensure code is right, i tried loading after clearing browser cache. works as expected.	[reply]