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Bizarro181
Bizarro181

Reputation: 142

CakePHP Cookie Not Being Set

I'm using the following code to set, and then read a cookie in CakePHP.

public $components = array('Cookie');
public function beforeFilter(){
    parent::beforeFilter();
    $this->Cookie->name = 'saved_times';
    $this->Cookie->time = '1 year';
    $this->Cookie->domain = 'localhost';
    $this->Cookie->path = '/';
    $this->Cookie->httpOnly = false;
    $this->Cookie->key = '+%)asG_~s*SAr&bSIq34$@11qe@s!@v!@*(XSL#$XOw!a232d#HKis~#^';
    $this->Cookie->secure = false;

}
public function save_position($time){
    if($this->Auth->user('id')){
        //save to the database
        return true;
    }else{
        //set browser cookie
        $this->Cookie->write('time', $time);
        echo "set", $this->Cookie->read('time');
    }
}

public function read(){
    echo $this->Cookie->read('time'), "test";
    print_r($this->Cookie->read('time'));
}

The problem is that when I set the cookie I see, "set" and the cookie value echoed out, but when I visit /read/ I'm only seeing "test" and no cookie value. Also I'm using a cookie viewer in chrome, but I only see the CAKEPHP cookie for my domain not saved_times. I don't think the cookie is even being set, but I don't know why

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1509

Answers (1)

Bizarro181
Bizarro181

Reputation: 142

It turns out cookies arent set until the View is rendered. I had no view for my save_position action, so an error page was showing, which didnt set the cookie. Once I added a save_position.ctp file everything worked okay.

Upvotes: 4

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