toggle between $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS and $_COOKIE?

[listenmirndt]

I am having PHP version issues, some show HTTP_COOKIE_VARS as empty, others show $_COOKIE as empty.

Is there a way to toggle/test if one (or the other) is empty, and use it's counterpart?

I know I could duplicate an IF empty check,

IE
if empty $COOKIE (http_cookie_vars)
if empty $http_cookie_vars ($COOKIE)

but the script is written to use $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS at the moment

and id like to do something like :
check if $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS is empty (if so register HTTP_COOKIE_VARS as $_COOKIE)

if such a thing was possible?

thanks!

[NogDog]

How about:

if(empty($HTTP_COOKIE_VARS) && !empty($_COOKIE))
{
   $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS = $_COOKIE;
}