cookies + file includes

[tawevolution]

Hey. What I am looking to do is if you have a cookie called "auth" with the contents "ok", then I want a file to be included called admin_sidebar.php, otherwise I want just sidebar.php to be included in the page.

This is what I have so far, but it doesnt seem to work (lets say I have already got the cookie)

[code]<?php
$auth = $_COOKIE['auth'];

header("Cache-Control:no-cache");

if( ! $auth == "ok" )
{
    $fileinclude = "sidebar.php";

}else{
              $fileinclude = "admin_sidebar.php";
              exit();
            }
?>[/code]

This is at the very top of the page (so no white space or anything). Any ideas (or other alternatives to see if a cookie says ok, if it does include admin_sidebar.php down the page, if not sidebar.php)

Evo

[Orio]

Try this:

[code]<?php

if(isset($_COOKIE['auth']) && $_COOKIE['auth']=="ok")
include("admin_sidebar.php");
else
include("sidebar.php");

exit;

?>[/code]

Orio.

[tawevolution]

ah, but this wont work is I want the included file 1/2 way down the page. will it?