Setting cookies not working in CodeIgniter

Question

I wnat to set cookie with a name csrf_cookie_name with a value from this function $this->security->get_csrf_hash(); but, it is not working.

Answer 1

You need to specify a life time for the cookie. 0 will be a session cookie and anything else will be added to time().

If you don't specify a life time, CI will interpret that you want to delete the cookie. And that's exactly what it does :)

$this->input->set_cookie('name', 'value', 0);    //expires when the browser window closes
$this->input->set_cookie('name', 'value', 3600); //expires in one hour
$this->input->set_cookie('name', 'value');       //will delete the cookie (if the cookie does not exist, you will not notice anything happening)