Browser Test Fails to Detect Cookies!

[Stephen Galleher]

I went to a browser test site (called DanceSpots), and it returned the
following results:

My system environment is:

User Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)

Browser: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

Platform: Windows XP, English language

JavaScript version: 1.5

Cookies: Failed

Supported Browser: Passed



I went to the Internet Options Security panel and put the cookies at the
lowest level and closed the browser, reopened, and it still fails the cookie
test. Why is this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

 

[Stephen Galleher]

I DID A COOKIE TEST: THE PHP COOKIE TEST: HERE ARE THE RESULTS: I'm hoping
this will be of help to someone in solving my problem!

1: header("Set-Cookie: testcookie1=present;");
2: header("Set-Cookie: testcookie2=present; expires=$date");
3: header("Set-Cookie: testcookie3=present; expires=$date; path=/");
4: setcookie("testcookie4", "present");
5: setcookie("testcookie5", "present", (time()+6400));
Removed -- 6: setcookie("testcookie6", "present", "(time()+6400)");
7: setcookie("testcookie7", "present", (time()+6400), "/", "$HTTP_HOST");
Removed -- 8: setcookie("testcookie8", "present", "(time()+6400)", "/",
"$HTTP_HOST");
9: print "<meta http-equiv=\"Set-Cookie\"
content=\"testcookie9=present\">\n";
10: print "<meta http-equiv=\"Set-Cookie\" content=\"testcookie10=present;
expires=$date\">\n";
11: print "<meta http-equiv=\"Set-Cookie\" content=\"testcookie11=present;
expires=$date; path=/\">\n";
12: print "<script>document.cookie = 'testcookie12' + '=' +
'present';</script>\n";
13: header("Set-Cookie: testcookie13=present; path=/; domain=$HTTP_HOST;
expires=".gmstrftime("%A, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S GMT",time()+9600));
YOUR Results
Below are the results for your current address and browser:

Method 1: OK
Method 2: OK
Method 3: OK
Method 4: OK
Method 5: OK
Method 7: OK
Method 9: OK
Method 10: OK
Method 11: OK
Method 12: Fail
Method 13: OK
PHP COOKIE TEST: HERE ARE THE RESULTS:

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

I DID A COOKIE TEST: THE PHP COOKIE TEST: HERE ARE THE RESULTS: I'm hoping
this will be of help to someone in solving my problem!

It would have helped if you had given the URL!
I'm guessing that this is where you were for this?

< http://www.chipchapin.com/WebTools/cookietest.php?mode=3 >

Try setting your Privacy settings to Prompt (for both Advanced settings)
Then use the < click here > link.

FWIW I found that there were 13 prompts and at least the first 3 had
to be accepted before even test 1 was declared a success.

....

12: print "<script>document.cookie = 'testcookie12' + '=' + ....
Method 12: Fail

I suspect that your problem is being caused by your security packages
(as disclosed by the screenshots in your other thread).
Try disabling them before testing again.

BTW I don't know anything about your security packages.
You may have better success on a newsgroup or web forum
where they are discussed.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
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[Stephen Galleher]

Thanks, Robert, for all the suggestions.
Here are my responses:

It would have helped if you had given the URL!
I'm guessing that this is where you were for this?
< http://www.chipchapin.com/WebTools/cookietest.php?mode=3 >

YES, I WAS THERE.

Try setting your Privacy settings to Prompt (for both Advanced settings)
Then use the < click here > link.

I DID. WHEN I USE THE PROMPT SETTINGS, I NEVER GET A PROMPT!! HOW COME?
IN YOUR POST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY "THEN USE THE <CLICK HERE>
LINK.

I suspect that your problem is being caused by your security packages
(as disclosed by the screenshots in your other thread).
Try disabling them before testing again.

I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT YOU MEAN. HOW DO I "DISABLE" THE SECURITY PACKAGES??

BTW I don't know anything about your security packages.
You may have better success on a newsgroup or web forum
where they are discussed.

THANKS. I HAVE POSTED ON SEVERAL OTHER TECH FORUMS, WITH PLENTY OF
SUGGESTIONS BUT NO RESOLUTION.

Good luck

THANKS. I'M NEEDING IT !

Steve G.

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

Thanks, Robert, for all the suggestions.
Here are my responses:



YES, I WAS THERE.


I DID. WHEN I USE THE PROMPT SETTINGS, I NEVER GET A PROMPT!! HOW COME?

That's probably good evidence that something else is blocking the
Cookies (e.g. your security programs).

IN YOUR POST, I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU MEAN BY "THEN USE THE <CLICK HERE>
LINK.

Sorry, I didn't notice that there were two such links.
I was thinking of the first one, the one prefixed by
"To re-run the tests," (I just checked; there is only one
of those strings in the page.)

I'M NOT CLEAR ON WHAT YOU MEAN. HOW DO I "DISABLE" THE SECURITY PACKAGES??

I don't know what you have installed and what features you have activated.
It looks like it is a Norton package. So why not just remove everything
that is Norton and see what happens?