function setthecookie() {
setcookie("testcookie","crap");
// echo "
attempted to set testcookie to crap";
}
function readthecookie() {
global $testcookie;
$outputString .= "
HTTP_COOKIE_VARS = ".$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["testcookie"];
$outputString .= "
variable extraction $cookieName = ".$testcookie;
return $outputString;
}
##############################
# MAIN
$x = 2;
if ( $x == 1 ) {
setthecookie();
} else {
echo readthecookie();
}
?>