RE: [PHP] Tip for cookies

On 17-Apr-01 Pat Hanna wrote: > I found out today after suffering from minor headaches and hair loss that if > you have functions defined in and outside file name 'foo.php', and in those > functions you use cookies, you must pass those cookies to the function > called. I tried using a value from a cookie in a function and it never could > access it unless I passed it. Funny function my_func() { global $cookie; // ? if ($cookie == "thin mint") call_girl_scout(); } BTW, sometimes the hair does grow back. -- Don Read dread@texas.net -- It's always darkest before the dawn. So if you are going to steal the neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it.