because the first argument of Setcookie is the name of the cookie you want to set. (and what the variable will be called on subsequent pages)
SetCookie('username', $username ...) will do what you're expecting. Jesse Warden wrote: > I performed a: > setCookie($username, $username, time()+3600,"", "", "0"); > echo header("Location: projects.php"); > > ... on a php page that deals with a form submission. However, when I get to > projects.php, it claims $username doesn't exist. The book said that to get > a variable from a cookie, all I need to do is call a variable name that is > the same name as what I named the cookie. > > Any suggestions? > > TIA, > > J > > > ** Scanned for Viruses ** > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php