note 9992 added to Cookies

For those of you who "REALLY" want to display data or information before setting a cookie: Try using the output control functions at : http://www.php.net/manual/ref.outcontrol.php Using those functions you can actually send information a browser before setting a cookie or sending a header. so, according to the manual, this should work: <?php ob_start(); echo "Hello\n"; setcookie ("cookiename", "cookiedata"); ob_end_flush(); ?> go ahead, try it... http://www.php.net/manual/features.cookies.php