I want to set my own cookie or session variable

Here's what I an trying to do:

Affiliate has link on their site that comes to a custom landing page.
To make this link simple and relevant, the link is to mystore/theirName/index.php
This index file will then redirect to that customer's unique page (probably an EZ-Page).
In the index.php on the landing page, I want to set a cookie or session variable with the referral code, so if they get to the log in page, the referral code will be filled automatically from the cookie/session variable.

Here is the Session code.

<?php

    session_start();
    $_SESSION["cust_ref"] = "theirName;
    header('Location: ' . 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/index.php?main_page=login' );
    exit();
?>
```And for cookie.  I also tried setrawcookie.

<? echo "REFERRAL CODE >> " . $_SESSION["cust_ref"] . " <<";  ?>

OR

<? echo "REFERRAL CODE >> " . $_COOKIE["cust_ref"] . " <<"; ?>

Both of these are empty.

Any suggestions are appreciated. 
 Or is there a better method that I have not considered.

Thanks

Or is there a better method that I have not considered.

I think you are trying to reinvent the wheel.

http://jam.jrox.com/

Vger

Perhaps, but I need a wheel for a wagon, not a race car.:P
Tried JROX, but I am on a windows server and could not get it to work.

rweeks:

Tried JROX, but I am on a windows server and could not get it to work.
I've not heard of any specific limitations preventing it from working on a windows server.
Granted, I still don't understand why people use windows servers for internet hosting these days. Too many problems.

rweeks:

Here's what I an trying to do:

Affiliate has link on their site that comes to a custom landing page.
To make this link simple and relevant, the link is to mystore/theirName/index.php
This index file will then redirect to that customer's unique page (probably an EZ-Page).
In the index.php on the landing page, I want to set a cookie or session variable with the referral code, so if they get to the log in page, the referral code will be filled automatically from the cookie/session variable.

You said you're trying to do this on "landing pages" ... which sounds like you're talking about files OUTSIDE of Zen Cart? If you're going to do that, it gets rather complicated.
But, you could try adding this to the .php file they're landing on before being sent to the Zen Cart page:

<?php 
  include ('/path/to/zencart/includes/application_top.php');
  $_SESSION['cc_id'] = [B]12345[/B];
  zen_redirect(zen_href_link(FILENAME_LOGIN, '', 'SSL'));
?>

Be sure to replace 12345 with the actual coupon_id number found in the coupons table in the database. You cannot put the coupon redemption-code there. It must be the system's internal coupon_id number.

DrByte, thanks for the suggestion. Still no luck.

If I abandon the idea of a page outside Zen-Cart and use an EZ-page instead.

Is there an issue with using PHP code on the ez-pages? Can seem to get any PHP code to work.

Ez-pages do not process PHP, only HTML (and javascript...)
There is a mod to allow PHP in ez-pages, or you could create new define pages which do allow PHP inherently (see the About Us mod in Free Addons).

rweeks:

Is there an issue with using PHP code on the ez-pages? Can seem to get any PHP code to work.
What exactly are you wanting to do on those pages? Is there something that MUST be done in the ez-page code part? or can the "code" you need to run be run in another way? It really depends on what exactly you need to accomplish. It's often better to explain what the end result needs to be, rather than pre-think yourself into a box that limits you to a certain course of action.