note 59455 added to function.setcookie

im new with php but i was wondering wether you can store information in a cookie to validate and then use it to display say the $username on the form so in the users section thier names appear. Sorry for the bad description ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59455 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59455&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59455&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php