$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['someWord'];
$HTTP_GET_VARS['someWord'];
:P
Mike
Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> Consider this code, in page1.php:
>
> <?php
> setcookie("someWord","I am a cookie");
> ?>
>
> ...and this code, in page2.php:
>
> <?php
> setcookie("someWord",$someWord);
> print ("someWord says: $someWord");
> $someWord = "I am a variable";
> print ("< a href=\"page2.php?someWord=$someWord\" >Click here<
> /a >");
> ?>
>
> (In the actual code, the value of $someWord is passed via POST through
> a form, but the principle is the same.)
>
> The first time I load page2.php, the output should be:
>
> someWord says: I am a cookie
>
> Which, of course, works perfectly.
>
> But each subsequent time I load page2.php, I want the output to be:
>
> someWord says: I am a variable
>
> and then set the value of the cookie "someWord" to "I am a variable".
>
> But that's not what happens. Everytime I load page2.php, someWord
> tells me that it is a cookie.
>
> How do I get the value of the variable to override the value of the
> cookie?
>
>
>
>
> Sliante,
> Richard S. Crawford
>
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>
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>
>
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