Thanks buddy, I am clear with it now.
With Best Regards, Karthikeyan S -----Original Message----- From: JupiterHost.Net [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 11:42 PM To: beginners@perl.org Subject: Re: cookies Hello, > # animal is an existing cookie with value as 'lion' > > my $animal = cookie('animal'); > > # now $animal gets 'lion' > > > > # now assign 'tiger' to animal > > my $cookiereplace = "Set-Cookie: animal = tiger;\n"; > > print $cookiereplace > > # assignment done > > > > my $animal_new = cookie('animal'); > > > ..... > > # Question : Now what does $animal_new contain? lion, because: 1) you just gave the browser new stuff but [did|could] not do anything to fetch the new data. 2 you have not even done that yet since the header isn't fully sent... > > ..... > > > > print header; > > > > my $animal_very_new = cookie('animal'); > > > > ..... > > # Question : Also, what does $animal_very_new contain? Same as above. Search google for how cookies and HTTp headers work, its all independent of what langauge you use to set_ and get_ the data... Its how and when you fetch and send headers and what the webserver has forom your browser at what point. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>