https://www.machform.com/forums/ MachForm Community Forums Topic: Not setting Session cookie when embedded with PHP en Sun, 03 May 2026 20:41:02 +0000 https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/not-setting-session-cookie-when-embedded-with-php#post-23316 Thu, 21 May 2015 02:01:45 +0000 slcmarcomm 23316@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I discovered it's happening because <code>session_start()</code> will only send cookies if there's nothing output before it on the page (and headers need to be sent before content). But since the form is included on a page that has already printed a lot of HTML, the cookies were unable to be set, and so the <code>$_SESSION[&#39;mf_form_completed&#39;]</code> remained empty.</p> <p>To fix this, I edited the view-functions.php to add a <code>&lt;script&gt;Cookies.set(&quot;PHPSESSID&quot;,&quot;{$session_id}&quot;,{ expires: 1, path: &quot;/&quot; });&lt;/script&gt;</code> to the page and had previously included the Cookies plugin: <a href="https://github.com/js-cookie/js-cookie" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/js-cookie/js-cookie</a> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/not-setting-session-cookie-when-embedded-with-php#post-23315 Thu, 21 May 2015 00:07:49 +0000 Steve1951 23315@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>Make sure the first line of your PHP script contains</p> <p><code>&lt;?php session_start(); ?&gt;</code> </p> https://www.machform.com/forums/topic/not-setting-session-cookie-when-embedded-with-php#post-23313 Wed, 20 May 2015 20:46:20 +0000 slcmarcomm 23313@https://www.machform.com/forums/ <p>I've embedded my form using the PHP embedder, which is what I want to do so that people without JS can use the form.</p> <p>However, it seems that it's not setting the Session cookie at all. This means that when I submit the form, it still shows me the form, instead of showing me the "Thank you" text, even though the URL has "done=1".</p> <p>Is there something I need to configure on the server for this? Or something else that needs to be done? Here's the PHP info: <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/gly0nyhlsi99zkx/Screenshot%202015-05-20%2009.46.05.png?dl=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.dropbox.com/s/gly0nyhlsi99zkx/Screenshot%202015-05-20%2009.46.05.png?dl=0</a> </p>