Using variable from setcookie immediately

[Sul]

Hi,

I have the code:

if($_POST['Submit'])
{
	setcookie("mycookie",$_POST['txtName'],time()+(24*60*60*60),"/",".ximensions.com",0); //set cookie that expires in 60 days
}

Basically - on the page, the submit button calls the same page, and on submit, the setcookie statement runs.

It works fine, however, I'm finding I cannot use the information in the cookie immediately - I have to refresh the page to get the cookie information. Is there a way that I can set the cookie and later on in the code use the information in that cookie?

[drew010]

you wont be able to access the cookie until they refresh, because cookies are sent back by the client browser, and since they havnt made another request it doesnt exist yet.
you are able to use it in the respect that since you just set it, you should have the value in some other variable, but you will have to reference it by that name.
or you could sort of fake it and do $_COOKIE['whatever'] = 'your value'; and it will create that cookie variable for the lifetime of the rest of the script.