how to make persistant cookie in php?

[Dawgy]

i need to make a login thing similar to erasercash.com, so that people can login and choose if they want the cookie to last forever or not... but i cant figure out how to this for some reason. can anyone help me? im already setting a session... but i think thats different?

thanx

[mike503]

use setcookie() or a header("Set-cookie: ..") without an expiration. or.. with an expiration in 2038 or something. i forget which one it was, heh. php.net/setcookie.

[Backov]

Cookies in php are a bit of a pain - the php.net docs are pretty thorough in documenting all the problems (in the user comments).. After screwing with cookies for a while, I started using sessions to maintain user state, although that won't work for something like an affiliate programs cookie..

Cheers,
Backov

[Cogitator]

Use the SetHeader command above.

[Cogitator]

I mean Header() function. (Wrong programming language...)

[mike503]

i set my cookie that never expires like this:

header("Set-Cookie: id=$id; expires=Friday, 16-Jan-2037 00:00:00 GMT; path=/;");

$id is a value i assign above. that would be your unique user identifier or something.