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I try to parse this:

{exp:cookie_plus:set name="cnt_FirstName" value="<?php echo $_request['cnt_FirstName'] ?>" seconds="36000"}

This is the result:
See screenshot

The PHP isn’t parsed. It is allowed in the template, parsing stage = output

What is wrong?

PHP should have to be set to “input” as the parsing stage.

Otherwise,  the {exp} tag would be parsed first, and because the php value would not be done yet, the {exp:cookie} tag would have no value for the value=”” parameter in the tag.

So just switch the PHP to input on that template and it should work fine.

Yes, definitely try PHP on Input, please. Let us know if that helps.

The problem is when it is set to ‘input’, there is no action at all: the cookie is not set.

Do you have a get variable in the URL?

like, ?cnt_FirstName= ?

Or are you posting from a form?

I am posting a form with Freeform, which method is ‘POST’. In the return page after submit the cookie has to be set with the value of the form field ‘cnt_FirstName’ from the form page.

From what I’m guessing, there’s a difference between the actual POSTing action, and the return page.

So, the form posts, and then after all that is done, all that EE does is redirect you to a page. That redirected page does not get the POSTED variables to it as well. So you can’t use posted variables from that form.

What would seem to be necessary would be a very simple extension on the email_send (or whatever it’s called now) hook that stories the username in a cookie so you can use it on any further pages that you want to by that user.

On another note, if you’re trying to get posted variables, it’s much safer to use $_POST than $_REQUEST.

Thanks for your help! Tomorrow I get some help from my programmer (I do only graphic design/HTML webdesign). I hope he will find a solution with some Javascript. I will post it here.

Thanks for the assist, steph_rose!
Sounds good, Sjoerd. Let us know what you find out.