Cookies and Variables

Consider this code, in page1.php: <?php

        setcookie("someWord","I am a cookie");

?> ...and this code, in page2.php: <?php

        setcookie("someWord",$someWord);
        print ("someWord says: $someWord");
        $someWord = "I am a variable";
        print ("< a href=\"page2.php?someWord=$someWord\" >Click here< /a >");

?> (In the actual code, the value of $someWord is passed via POST through a form, but the principle is the same.) The first time I load page2.php, the output should be:

        someWord says: I am a cookie

Which, of course, works perfectly. But each subsequent time I load page2.php, I want the output to be:

        someWord says: I am a variable

and then set the value of the cookie "someWord" to "I am a variable". But that's not what happens. Everytime I load page2.php, someWord tells me that it is a cookie. How do I get the value of the variable to override the value of the cookie? Sliante, Richard S. Crawford http://www.mossroot.com AIM: Buffalo2K ICQ: 11646404 Y!: rscrawford MSN: underpope@hotmail.com "It is only with the heart that we see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye." --Antoine de Saint Exupéry "Push the button, Max!"