Creating the cookie does not update the object.
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
use CGI;
my $q = CGI->new();
my $cookie = $q->cookie(-name=>'info',-value=>'bar');
print $q->header(-cookie=>$cookie);
print $q->cookie('info'),"\n";
print Dumper($q);
__OUTPUT__
Set-Cookie: info=bar; path=/
Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 01:48:32 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
$VAR1 = bless( {
'.header_printed' => '1',
'.charset' => 'ISO-8859-1',
'.parameters' => [],
'.fieldnames' => {},
'.cookies' => undef
}, 'CGI' );
Either use an assigned variable to get it's value or subclass CGI (just need to overide cookie() to mitigate the problem.)
-Lee
"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."