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My site changes cookie to store user options; worked in v3 but broke in v5/6. How do I change cookie value now?

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icehose
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Some 8 months ago, I started saving user options in my cookie; as user changed options, my php code change the cookie value. I work normally with Camino, but verify with Firefox (V. 3). An associate with a newer MacBook Pro, with Firefox V. 5, tried my site and reported that the option change 'did not take'. I tried using my V.3, and everything worked. Realizing that I should be on V. 6, I upgraded today, and myself verified that the 'new' cookie value is NOT being saved. Rather, a second cookie is being created but with WITH NO VALUE. Result: old cookie has old option value; new cookie has no value. I tried also with Safari, and got this same result. So, there must be a way to update a cookie value, just unknown to me. Please advise as to new/proper header(s) to send from my server to change cookie value.

Some 8 months ago, I started saving user options in my cookie; as user changed options, my php code change the cookie value. I work normally with Camino, but verify with Firefox (V. 3). An associate with a newer MacBook Pro, with Firefox V. 5, tried my site and reported that the option change 'did not take'. I tried using my V.3, and everything worked. Realizing that I should be on V. 6, I upgraded today, and myself verified that the 'new' cookie value is NOT being saved. Rather, a second cookie is being created but with WITH NO VALUE. Result: old cookie has old option value; new cookie has no value. I tried also with Safari, and got this same result. So, there must be a way to update a cookie value, just unknown to me. Please advise as to new/proper header(s) to send from my server to change cookie value.

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cor-el
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Make sure that the cookies are created for the proper path.

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icehose
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Same PHP code generates both cookies, so all cookie parameters are identical; only changes are to value and expiration time. However, before posting my query, I did check (using in-browser javascript 'alert') and the old/new names, paths and other params are identical.