cookie working only 90% array missing one var and sql query burns [YIKES!]

hi peoples, Im going insane here, I have this script working great except two things ... for one , the sql query returns an error that couldnt run the query... and the second is that the variable $user_reg[2] holds nothing even though I cheked the html form and also checked the cookie variable and all are set except [2] . heres my script snippet: -- ... $user_reg[0] = $user_name; $user_reg[1] = $pass_w; $user_reg[2] = $full_name; $user_reg[3] = $email; $user_reg[4] = $age; $user_reg[5] = $icq; $user_reg[6] = $aim; function add_newuser() { $date = gmdate ( "M d Y H:i:s" ); $sql = "INSERT INTO mytable (user_name, pass_w, full_name, email, age, icq, aim, date) VALUES ('$user_reg[0]', '$user_reg[1]', '$user_reg[2]', '$user_reg[3]', '$user_reg[4]', '$user_reg[5]', '$user_reg[6]', '$date')"; $connection = mysql_connect("localhost", "mylog", "mypass") or die ("Could not connect to database"); $db = mysql_select_db("mydb",$connection); $sql_result = mysql_query($sql, $connection) or die ("Couldnt run query"); } ?> <? if (isset($newuse) AND $newuse == "yes") { $lifetime = time() + 180 * 86400; setcookie ("user_reg[0]" , "$user_name", $lifetime, "/", ".mydotcom.com"); setcookie ("user_reg[1]" , "$pass_w", $lifetime, "/", ".mydotcom.com"); setcookie ("user_reg[2]" , "$full_name", $lifetime, ".mydotcom.com"); setcookie ("user_reg[3]" , "$email", $lifetime, "/", ".mydotcom.com"); setcookie ("user_reg[4]" , "$age", $lifetime, "/", ".mydotcom.com"); setcookie ("user_reg[5]" , "$icq", $lifetime, "/", ".mydotcom.com"); setcookie ("user_reg[6]" , "$aim", $lifetime, "/", ".mydotcom.com"); add_newuser(); -- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com