setcookie() and "logins"

[conker87]

I'm making a little community site, mainly for my friends and relative and to learn more about PHP.

The login and logout code works perfect, but because of the setcookie() limit you have to refresh to actually see that you've login/out.

Is there anyway around this? I'd like to be able to see the login area straight away.

Thanks
- Pope SMII

[leeming]

set the link/form to direct you to a page that either:
- says "you have loged in/out, click here to proceed"
- have a header that redirects you

[conker87]

Ah ha! So simple.

Thanks for the quick reply, I shall try that now.

[conker87]

Still not working all that great.

I've moved all of the processing to process.php but you still have to refresh the main page before the "login" is acknowledged.

Anyone else have any ideas?

Edit:
Let me elaborate a little more.

You click on the login link, which takes you to: /?action=login, you enter your details into the form, submit it and the action heads to /?action=process (which processes several other results too - including registration and confirmation). When you click the link to head to the homepage you still have to refresh to actually get the logged in details, such as a new Navigation bar and the "Hello <Username>".