Cookie oddity

I've run into a peculiar oddity with cookies that I don't quite follow. Hopefully someone here can clarify for me.. If I use the following code: { // Good password, pass them onwards. setcookie("Trade", $character, time()+3600); header("Location: http://localhost:1312/trade/test.php"); } And test.php contains echo "$Trade"; I get no output in test.php. However, if the location refers to PHP_SELF, and I do an if (isset($Trade)) { echo "$Trade"; } in the file where the cookie is set, the value of the cookie is displayed. I checked this with both Lynx and Netscape, and Lynx shows the cookie being set, and shows the cookie in the cookie jar once I reach the test.php file. Where am I going wrong? -- Duncan Hill Sapere aude My mind not only wanders, it sometimes leaves completely.