Not able to set the php cookie correctly

Question

I am having problem with setting up a php cookie, what am I doing wrong? Below I added 3 examples which I tried. Next to the examples, I also tried to change the time which the cookie is working but is all did not work.

Evert time I get the notworking variable indicating that the cookie is not set, do you know what am I doing wrong? Thanks!

Example from: http://www.w3schools.com/php/showphp.asp?filename=demo_func_http_setcookie

$works="It is working!";
$notworking="Not working";
$name=20;
setcookie($name_cookie, $name, time() + 100000, '/');

if (isset($_COOKIE[$name_cookie])){
echo $works;

}
else{
    echo $notworking;
}

Example from:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php And Query about PHP cookie

Example 2:

$works="It is working!";
$notworking="Not working";
$name=20;
setcookie("name_cookie", "name", time() + 100000, '/');

if (isset($_COOKIE["name_cookie"])){
echo $works;
echo $_COOKIE[$name_cookie];
echo $name_cookie;
}
else{
    echo $notworking;
}

Example 3

$works="It is working!";
$notworking="Not working";
$name=20;
setcookie("name_cookie", $name, time() + 100000, '/');
if (isset($_COOKIE["name_cookie"])){
echo $works;
}
else{
    echo $notworking;
}

Please check [Accessing $_COOKIE immediately after setcookie()](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3230133/accessing-cookie-immediately-after-setcookie) — BudwiseЯ, May 20 '15 at 10:29
In first example, where did you set $name_cookie variable. Please enable error_reporting... — Whirlwind, May 20 '15 at 10:30

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '15 at 10:34

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You're setting it correctly.

This is the expected behavior. Cookie is set on server and sent to the client. After the next page refresh, the cookie data is available through $_COOKIE.

answered May 20 '15 at 10:34

BudwiseЯ

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Thanks, I checked this and you are right. Thanks voor your helpt – TimothyUtrech May 20 '15 at 10:58

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered May 20 '15 at 10:36

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Whenever you set a cookie, it becomes available in next page load, You can't access it right after creating it.

answered May 20 '15 at 10:36

sharafatalee

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Thanks, I checked this and you are right. Thanks voor your helpt – TimothyUtrech May 20 '15 at 10:58

Not able to set the php cookie correctly

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