[SOLVED] if else based on whether a cookie exists

[jeff5656]

When someone logs in with the correct password, it is stored in a cookie called zzzcookie.

On another page, I want to do something based on whether that cookie exists.  When I try this, it doesn't work:

 

if (isset($_COOKIE[$zzzcookie])) {	
header("Location: xray_displaypotential.php");
}
else {
header("Location: xray_newpatient.php");
} 

 

The else statement is executed even if the zzzcookie exists.

[wildteen88]

if zzzcookie is the name of your cookie then it should be $_COOKIE['zzzcookie'] not $_COOKIE[$zzzcookie]

[jeff5656]

Thanks that did it!