Urgent: what is wrong is my code?

[Manat]

I created a cookie.

Now I want to check for the existance of that cookie

function check() {
if (isset($_COOKIE['beggining']))
{

$valid=0;

}

}

$valid is never set to 0...

This is how I created the cookie

function record() {
setcookie("beggining", "beggining", time()+3600);
ob_end_flush();
}

Someone plz help, I don't know how to resolve this!
Thank you in advance, I am so lost

[drew010]

thats because as soon as the function finishes executing, $vaild is destroyed. since it is declared locallaly to that function, it is only available inside that function, and only during its lifetime.
you will either need to return $valid; and when you call the function assign it to a variable, or create a global variable and use the global keyword inside the function.
see the php manual about variable scope

[Manat]

Thanks guy

You know sometimes in programming, you just make the stupidest mistakes. As soon as I read ur reply I knew it was the answer and I slapped myself on the forehead. I always forget such things, sometimes I post a question regarding my code and it ends up being I forgot a semicolon.

Anyhow, thanks alot, it works now.