Hmmmmm - I`ve had some suspicious problems with XP myself. In my paranoia I thought it was muckrosoft`s first awkward attempt to screw up the rapidly expanding php community - but I think it is some kind of weird caching issue in the OS itself. Try setting the browser to the LEAST caching possible (diagnostic only, we don`t have the luxury of controlling client`s browser settings in real life of course).
How exactly are you redirecting? - with the header() function? - or a snippit of javascript code sent? CD. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ellen Emerson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 3:25 AM Subject: [PHP-WIN] Cookies and redirect issues with XP > Hello, > > I am new to the list so please forgive me if this issue has been covered > recently... I spent some time browsing previous posts online but did not see > anything like the problem I am having. > > I have a system in place using sort of a fuse box methodology... An index > page that includes modules based on an "action" variable passed in the URL. > > ----------------------------- > 1) The index page first checks for the existence of "authorized" cookie > 2) If not found show login screen > 3) Login screen accepts username and password - submits to database lookup > 4) If found, send the user to a page that sets a cookie and redirects back > to the index page > 5) Now (after setting the cookie) the index page should find the cookie and > show the list of actions the user can take > ----------------------------- > > This works great with Windows 98 SE and all browsers I can test with - > (IE5 - IE 6, Netscape and Opera) BUT it has a problem if the operating > system is Win XP. > > What happens with XP is: we accept username and password, look it up, it's > OK - we send them to the page that sets the cookie and redirects... > > The index page does NOT find a cookie so shows them the login screen again > (and again and again!) > > This does not seem to be a cookies problem... The person can go to another > site (written in ColdFusion) that sets a cookie to decide whether to count > the person... the cookie is set fine on this site and the person is only > counted once no matter how many time they goto that page... however, no > redirecting is done on this site. > > The problem seems to be a combined issue of cookies/redirecting and not > reading the cookie. > > If anyone else has encountered something similar I would love to hear from > you! > > Thanks very much, > Ellen Emerson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
