[Libcgi-general] cgi_add_cookie max_age - patch included

[Martin R. <m....@gm...>]

Hello,

 cgi_add_cookie with max_age didnn't work with IE 6.0 .
 I.E. requires expire=3DWdy, DD-Mon-YYYY HH:MM:SS GMT for the Lifetime.

 Here is a patch that works for me:

--- orig/cookie.c       Mon Dec 15 11:31:24 2003
+++ cookie.c    Fri Mar 12 13:26:56 2004
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <time.h>
+#include <sys/time.h>
=20
 #include "error.h"
 #include "cgi.h"
@@ -61,13 +63,22 @@
        const char *domain,=20
        const int secure)
 {
+       time_t curtime;
+       struct tm *brokentime;
+       char buffer[80];
        if (headers_initialized)
                return 0;
=20
        printf("Set-cookie: %s=3D%s;", name, value);
=20
        if (max_age)
-               printf(" Max-age=3D%s;", max_age);
+       {
+        curtime=3Dtime(NULL)+atoi(max_age);
+        brokentime=3Dgmtime(&curtime);
+           strftime (buffer, 80, "%a, %d-%b-%Y %H:%M:%S", brokentime);
+           printf("expires=3D%s GMT;",buffer);
+//             printf(" Max-age=3D%s;", max_age);
+    }
        if (path)
                printf(" Path=3D%s;", path);
        if (domain)
=20
 =20

Viele Gr=FC=DFe,
              Martin

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Martin Raatz
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