I'm trying to get a cookie, split the 'sessionID' value field for a user/pass combo. When I print out cookieString it it empty (and it also unable to authenticate the user). The cookie is on the computer, and is in the format $user%7C$pass (I assume %7C is the char code for '|'). Here's the code:

    if ($q->cookie('sessionID')) {
        my $sessionID = $q->cookie('sessionID');
        $cookieString = $sessionID;         
        ($submitted_username, $submitted_password) = split('|', $sessi
+onID);
    } else {       
        $submitted_username = $q->param('username');
        $submitted_password = $q->param('password');  
    }

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Can anyone tell where the error is?

In reply to Problems grabbing cookie by Anonymous Monk

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