Function whatever()
{
global $testcookie;
or
global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS;
or
upgrade your PHP and jus use $_COOKIE['testcookie'] and it's always
available, regardless of scope.
---John Holmes...
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Morrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:30 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] Accessing cookies in required files
>
> Hi,
>
> Can anyone help with this problem?
>
> I have a file called "settings.inc" which I include in all files on my
> site
> like this:
>
> require("settings.inc");
>
> Up until now this has worked fine. But now I have a function in the
> settings.inc file that tries to read the value of a cookie called
> "testcookie". My problem is that the settings.inc file doesn't seem to
be
> able to access the cookie at all. But if I try to access it direct
from a
> page rather than the required file it works fine.
>
> Does anybody know why I can't access my cookie in my required file?
They
> are
> all on the same directory level etc.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
>
>
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