Re: setcookie().. how to retrieve data afterward?

cheers Jack but Ive tried this and get the error msg: Warning: Undefined variable: user_id in C:/XITAMI/webpages/netrux/intothemain.php on line 14 so its not setting the varible by the looks of it.... any ideas? cheers Jack Sasportas wrote in message <3AC773E4.976D8BFC@innovativeinternet.com>... >If you just echo $userid you will get the results. > >do this >setcookie ("cookie_variable", "chocalate chip", 1, "", >"", 1); > >echo $cookie_variable > >You can name the cookie_variable whatever you want and that will be referenced >as the variable to store "chocalate chip". >Now if you want to see the value from within a function you will need to also do >this: > > global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS; > >this will enable you to see the values stored in the cookies. > >Andrew Rose wrote: > >> Ive been playing with setcookie() and am stuck with trying to re-pull the >> infomation I set, I use: >> >> setcookie ("user_id", $userid, 1, "", "", 1); >> >> to set the cookie and: >> >> if(isset( $user_id )){ >> echo " cookie 'user_id': $user_id\n"; >> } else >> >> echo" no cookie set ...\n"; >> } >> >> to see if its there.. now this is the closest Ive seen anyone else do it and >> to me it dosnt make much sense at all the code for retrieving.. also it >> dosnt work.. suprise suprise.. so anyone know how to do this? >> >> thanks in advance >> >> -Andrew Rose >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >> For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >> To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >-- >___________________________________________________________ >Jack Sasportas >Innovative Internet Solutions >Phone 305.665.2500 >Fax 305.665.2551 >www.innovativeinternet.com >www.web56.net > > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >