COOKIE [ SOLVED ]

[Amailer]

Okay, suppose i have this.

a variable
$variable = 'text.'$id_from_db;

i set a cookie for the $variable
setcookie($variable, $count, time()+60*60*24);


now what i want to do is..... to check if the cookie is set or not i.e
$COOKIE[$variable];

that doens't seem to work though, how would i get a cookie by using a variabel ( i.e $COOKIE[$variable]; ) if you know what i mean...

[wtd]

Try using $_COOKIE instead of $COOKIE.

[Amailer]

wouldn't that be just as a normal variable? also how does this solve my problem :S maby iv not explained it well enough.

I have set a cookie:

code:

$cookie_name = 'gfxpro.'.$d2['d2_id']; .... $count = 1; setcookie($cookie_name, $count, time()+60*60*24);

now i want to check if that cookie isset so i did this:

code:

if( isset($_COOKIE[$cookie_name]) ) { ... }

but that doesn't work is there another way around this?

[wtd]

RTFM

http://ca.php.net/manual/en/features.cookies.php

[Amailer]

ya but hmm but it's not working... i don't think it's setting cookie right with the name...

[wtd]

It should be noted that changes in cookies won't be noticeable until the page is reloaded.

[Amailer]

actually i checked, it is setting the cookie but the
if (!isset($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$cookie_name])) {

doesn't seem to be working, why!


problem solved:
i think it had to do with the . in the name... hmm idk i removed it and it worked lol...