Setcookie is not creating cookie

Question

My login does not seem to be creating a cookie. The form gets all the way to the cookie creation portion of the script and even echos that a cookie was made but it does not actually create one.

Here is the cookie portion of my code:

if (!$error) {

    if (isset($_POST['rememberme'])) {
        setcookie('guruemail', $loginemail, time() + 86400 * 365, '/', NULL);
        setcookie('gurupassword',  md5($loginpassword), time() + 86400 * 365, '/', NULL);
echo "Long-term cookie made";
        } else {
        setcookie('guruemail', $loginemail, false, '/', NULL);
        setcookie('gurupassword',  md5($loginpassword), false, '/', NULL);
echo "Short-term cookie made";
    }

}

The login can be visited at http://protein.guru/signin.phtml

The cookie test can be viewed at: http://protein.guru/testcookie.php

Here is the cookietest code:

<?php
echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE[$guruemail];
echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE[$gurupassword];
?>

For the sign-in:

I am using the email: tester3651@outlook.com

Password is: meatloaf

Note:Possible newbie mistake? -- I do not have a session_start(); anywhere in either code. Not sure if I would need that for a straight cookie login.

Any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks everyone.

Answer 1

You'll need quotes around the cookie variable

<?php
echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE['guruemail'];
echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE['gurupassword'];
?>

Actually it would be much more secure to use $_SESSION instead for users login as users can manually set $_COOKIE.

More details at the following answer: Making login more secure

Answer 2

As mentioned in the comments: Access the $_COOKIE arrays with strings, instead of a variables.

<?php
    echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE['guruemail'];
    echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE['gurupassword'];
?>