How to view cookie value without refresh?

Techissue2008

I set a cookie
setcookie("productname","Toys",time() + 3600 24 365 * 10);
in index page.

I set a refresh in php page
echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0;URL=index.php'>";

There is an echo $productname in the index.php

I visit the website index.php, cookie was set. But, $productname cannot be displayed without reload.

So, I added refresh to it.

But, it refresh continously and looped.

How can it just refresh one time?

Or, is there any way to let the $productname cookie to be displayed without refresh the index page?

Thanks for help

scrupul0us

how are you setting productname to then echo it???

Techissue2008

<?php
session_start();
ini_set("session.gc_maxlifetime", "3600");
setcookie("productname","Toys",time() + 3600 24 365 * 10);
echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='0;URL=index.php'>";
?>

Supposed "Toys" will appear in index.php page when I view it in first time.

scrupul0us

right... well that doesnt answer my question but i would do this:

<?php
session_start();
ini_set("session.gc_maxlifetime", "3600");
setcookie("productname","Toys",time() + 3600 * 24 * 365 * 10);
$productname = "Toys"
?>

and the next time you load a page it will be available via cookie... by assigning it to a variable after a cookie it becomes available to use immediately... just make sure to reference the cookie and not the variable on the other pages