Set cookies in PHP

[Anon]

"In PHP3, multiple calls to setcookie() in the same script will be performed in reverse order. If you are trying to delete one cookie before inserting another you should put the insert before the delete. In PHP4, multiple calls to setcookie() are performed in the order called. "

This I found in the set cookie section of the manual for php 4. but to my surprise i found that even in php4 the order in which it is being performed is thereverse of how it is called.

Any explanations?

[toma42]

This is because html headers are always read in reverse order (and it takes a header to create a cookie).

[Anon]

What I wanted to know was why is PHP4 reading multiple set cookies in reverse order though, according to the PHP manual PHP4 should perform in the order called. Please inform.