Not possible, read the manual page about setcookie: www.php.net/setcookie
There's a 'common pitfall' entry saying so. Don't know why. Maybe the cookie is only written to user's disk after the page is fully loaded, maybe for security reasons. -- Julio Nobrega. Um dia eu chego lá: http://sourceforge.net/projects/toca Ajudei? Salvei? Que tal um presentinho? http://www.submarino.com.br/wishlistclient.asp?wlid=664176742884 "Andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > Hi there, > > I am wondering if it is possible to send a cookie and read it on the same > page. > > Following environment: > > There is a cookie already on the machine of the client, but expired. > Now I am setting a new cookie and reading it on the same page via $sess_id = > $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[$sesscookiename]; > > Unfortuanaelly it gives me the old session id back. After refreshing I am > getting the new sessid and everything works fine. The cookie has been sent > with the right value, I did dubble check it. But the HTTP_C... reads the old > one. > > why? Thanx for any help, > > Andy > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php