Problem with creating cookie and showing/hiding div based on

[purplemonster]

Hi there,

I am trying to set a cookie on html page with php code, which if cookie is not yet set shows content of a specific Div on that page (in this case it's div called Autoload). But after it's set (which is on next page refresh or reload) I want it to do nothing.

I came up with following code, but it wont work... It always displays Div content even if the cookie has been set (or probably because I haven't set it properly).

So what I need is:
User goes to page, Div content is shown, then on next refresh/reload Div is not shown anymore.

What am I doing wrong?

Here is the code I've put in the BODY of html page:

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<?php
if(isset($_COOKIE['imekukija']))
{
}
else
{ echo
?>
<div id="autoload">
<script src="lightbox/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="lightbox/scriptaculous.js?load=effects" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="lightbox/lightbox.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<a href="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/index_open.jpg" rel="lightbox" id="img"></a>
</div>
<?php
  }
?>


<?php
setcookie("imekukija", "nekiValue", time()+3600);
?>

[rse]

if you do a print_r($_COOKIE) does it show the cookie data?

If not it may be that you need to add your domain when setting the cookie as I know I've had to do this on some servers. For more info checkout http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php.

For example:

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setcookie("imekukija", "nekiValue", time()+3600, "/", "example.com");


Also, you can shorten your testing code to the following:

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<?php
if(!isset($_COOKIE['imekukija'])) {
?>
<div id="autoload">
<script src="lightbox/prototype.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="lightbox/scriptaculous.js?load=effects" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="lightbox/lightbox.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<a href="http://www.webmaster-talk.com/images/index_open.jpg" rel="lightbox" id="img"></a>
</div>
<?php
setcookie("imekukija", "nekiValue", time()+3600, "/", "example.com");
  }
?>


I hope this helps .

- Adam