+function setcookies ($user, $pwd) {
+ // cookie will be valid for 2 weeks. I've chosen that value
+ // arbitrarily, and it may change in the future.
+ $time = time () + 14 * 60 * 24 * 60;
+ if (version_compare (PHP_VERSION, '5.2.0', '>=')) {
+ setcookie (sprintf ("%sauth", DBPREFIX), md5 ($pwd), $time, "" , "", false, true);
+ setcookie (sprintf ("%suser", DBPREFIX), $user, $time, "" , "", false, true);
+ } else {
+ setcookie (sprintf ("%sauth", DBPREFIX), md5 ($pwd), $time, "" , "", false);
+ setcookie (sprintf ("%suser", DBPREFIX), $user, $time, "" , "", false);
+ }
+
+}
+