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global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS; or upgrade your PHP and jus use $_COOKIE['testcookie'] and it's always available, regardless of scope. ---John Holmes... > -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Morrow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 4:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [PHP] Accessing cookies in required files > > Hi, > > Can anyone help with this problem? > > I have a file called "settings.inc" which I include in all files on my > site > like this: > > require("settings.inc"); > > Up until now this has worked fine. But now I have a function in the > settings.inc file that tries to read the value of a cookie called > "testcookie". My problem is that the settings.inc file doesn't seem to be > able to access the cookie at all. But if I try to access it direct from a > page rather than the required file it works fine. > > Does anybody know why I can't access my cookie in my required file? They > are > all on the same directory level etc. > > Thanks for any help. > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php