Why not use sessions instead?
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On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 11:42:02 -0800 (PST), Richard Lynch <ceo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom Whitbread wrote:
> > I am using a cookie to detect what skin a user wants to display. The
> > problem is if a user visits the site for the first time the cookie is
> > not being set. I am detecting if its being set or not with
> >
> > if(!isset($_COOKIE['skin'])){ ... }
> >
> > It's not setting the cookie untill a user refreshes the page once. How
> > can I ensure it's set when it hasnt been set before?
>
> Sure it's being set.
>
> That's how you see it when they refresh the page.
>
> $_COOKIE tells you want Cookies the browser *sent* with the request for
> the URL.
>
> It's up to you to track within that script what Cookies you are sending
> *back* with the answer.
>
> That sounds kinda harsh, and I can see why you'd want it to work the other
> way -- as I first did.
>
> But you *need* COOKIES to be what the browser sent initially.
>
> I guess you *could* start doing things like:
> <?php
> setcookie('var', $value);
> $_COOKIES['var'] = $value;
> ?>
> and then it would do what you want...
>
> But you could quickly confuse yourself about what came *in* from the
> browser and what you are sending *out* to the browser.
>
> Probably better for you to take a step back and think about how cookies
> work, and who sends what where.
>
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