Header problem

[Anon]

I assumed that this code:
header("Location: $PHP_SELF");
would work as expected, but for some reason it does not. I'm using this to get a cookie to be recognized. When it executes, I am forwarded to the directory index. Any idea why?

[jallocco]

I am not sure, but in perl this means a redirect not a cookie.

But that is in perl, I can't imagine it is much different since you are getting the results I would expect.

[Anon]

I know that is a redirect, but I am using it to refresh the page so that the cookie is read by the script. Cookies are not read unless the page is refreshed, I believe. $php_self is a hardcoded variable that is the filename of the script. I assumed that the code would refresh the page, but instead it redirects to the directory index.

[Anon]

i can't try this to make sure it works, but give this a shot:

$self = $PHP_SELF;

header("Location: $self");

[kmarsh]

global $PHP_SELF;
header("Location: $PHP_SELF");