Mulitiple Cookies per Page

[d-woo]

When a web page is a compilation of php files (eg. header.php, body.php, footer.php)
that use the "include" command, why is it that each file requests a cookie?

I'm using Norton Internet Security which shows me each time cookies are generated from the pages I view. and for my PHP constructed pages (and also this PhPBuilder page) each time my browser (MSIE 5.5) loads the web page I get as many "cookies allowed" notifications as there are "includes"?

In each php file there are no commands requesting cookies.

Thanks for your assistance with this.

[Anon]

the cookies are made global by PHP in each script.... when you include, they ask for the cookie individually.

i'm not sure, but if you use require() instead, there might only be 1 request for cookies.