php and miva once again

[Brandon MUS]

I didn't forward the information, but I think it would be a possibility. My CALL() was a direct URI.

[Bruce - PhosphorMedia]

don't have time to test it, but can the url in the %call() statement be a variable...i see that the example shows it as a literal, but not enclosed...so from that, one would actually assume that the Call function cannot take a variable.

[erichar11]

Hi Brandon, can you give me a quick example of how you used javascript to gain access to the cookie. Thanks.

[Brandon MUS]

Sure. Here's a complete script:

//Set cookie
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime(today.getTime());
	if (expires) expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;

	var expires_date = new Date(today.getTime() + (expires));
	document.cookie = name+"="+escape(value) +
		((expires) ? ";expires="+expires_date.toGMTString() : "") + //expires.toGMTString()
		((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
		((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
		((secure) ? ";secure" : "");
}

//Get cookie
function getCookie(name) {
	var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name + "=");
	var len = start + name.length + 1;
	if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0, name.length))) return null;
	if (start == -1) return null;
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len);
	if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len, end));
}

//Delete cookie
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
	if (getCookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
		((path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
		((domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
		";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

//Create cookies
shippingName = "%VAR(Customers.d.ship_fname)%";
billingName = "%VAR(Customers.d.bill_fname)%";
var expireDate = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + 24 * 3600 * 1000);

if (shippingName != "") {
	custName = shippingName;
} else {
	custName = billingName;
}
deleteCookie("custName", "/", "");
setCookie("custName", escape(custName), expireDate.toGMTString(), "/", "", "");

//read
var strCustName = unescape(getCookie("custName", "/", ""));

[erichar11]

Hi Brandon, thanks for the help and the code. I have a similar js file for getting and setting cookies. In the code you mentioned above:

"var strCustName = unescape(getCookie("..........."));

is that being placed inside your php file. I tried something similar to this but couldn't get it to work. Or are you passing the cookie value to your php script via a variable: In other words:

call(myscript.php?var = strCustomerName)

Once again thanks for the help as between miva, php, and javascript, I'm a little confused.

Eric

[Brandon MUS]

No, the script I gave you is only for javascript. It is unable to function with php because of the client-side/server-side conflict.

I have the call as simply %CALL("myscript.php")%

If you want to interact w/ the data on the server-side, you will need to read the cookies in php ($_COOKIES). Our theory so far in this thread is it can't be done because CALL() doesn't pass the HTTP header information. If you can get the %CALL("myscript.php?var=Customer Name")% to work, that may be the only way left for you.