Cookies within functions

[squonk23]

Do I need to pass cookie information to a function? i.e., this works:

echo $mycookie;

this don't:

function fnGimmieCookie() {
echo $mycookie;
}
fnGimmieCookie();

does this mean i'm forced to send the cookie in as a variable like so:
function fnGimmieCookie($incookie) {
echo $incookie;
}
fnGimmieCookie($mycookie);

Thanks in advance,
squonk

[malariajoe]

hi,
you don't have to pass the cookie information to the function just use global $mycookie;

function fnGimmieCookie() {
global $mycookie;
echo $mycookie;
}
fnGimmieCookie(); 

also you can user $COOKIE (it's automatically "global":

function fnGimmieCookie() {
echo $_COOKIE['mycookie']
}
fnGimmieCookie();