Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam()

From	Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.php
Subject	Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam()
Date	2013-03-19 09:06 -0400
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On 3/19/2013 12:46 AM, Doug Cassidy wrote:
> Figured it out.  tempnam() creates the file whether you use it or not.  My curl to bitly wasnt giving me back a cookie, at least not all the time.  So, when i was setting
> $tmpfile = tempnam($tempdir, 'CURL_tmpfile');
> it created the random named file.
> then when i set
> $tmpfile = $tempdir.'/CURL_var_.txt';	
> no cookie was created because bitly didnt send me one.  I was not realizing that the tempnam() file was just an empty file created and then never used.
>
> Gahhhh!
> Thanks for the help.
>

Yes, it does.  I didn't think about it being an empty file, either.

Glad you figured it out.

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php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() doug@dougcassidy.com - 2013-03-16 11:23 -0700
  Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-03-16 18:48 -0400
    Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Doug Cassidy <doug@dougcassidy.com> - 2013-03-16 23:46 -0700
      Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Doug Cassidy <doug@dougcassidy.com> - 2013-03-16 23:52 -0700
      Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-03-17 10:03 -0400
        Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Doug Cassidy <doug@dougcassidy.com> - 2013-03-17 09:42 -0700
          Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Doug Cassidy <doug@dougcassidy.com> - 2013-03-17 10:16 -0700
            Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-03-17 21:13 -0400
              Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Doug Cassidy <doug@dougcassidy.com> - 2013-03-18 11:02 -0700
                Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Doug Cassidy <doug@dougcassidy.com> - 2013-03-18 21:46 -0700
                Re: php curl only saves a cookie with tempnam() Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2013-03-19 09:06 -0400

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