Question

I am using the following code to output a block of content without a cookie, and another number if the cookie has been set. Problem is that the getcookie variable doesn’t work until the page has been refreshed, or the user navigates to the next page.

I am happy to use the header redirect but not sure where to put it within this code (unless someone has a better solution to the code itself):

if (is_page(817)) {
    setcookie("phonecookie", 1, time()+3600, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN);
}
if ($_COOKIE["phonecookie"] =="") {
    echo "no cookie here";
} else { 
    echo "cookie stored!"; 
}

Also, the code above sets the cookie if the visitor lands on a specific page within WordPress.

Is there another way to do it via query string e.g. example.com/?src=affiliate

Answer 1

Try this

if ((is_page(817) && (!isset($_COOKIE["phonecookie"]) {
     setcookie("phonecookie", 1, time()+3600, COOKIEPATH, COOKIE_DOMAIN); 
     //Your redirect code here
     header("Location:yoururl);
} elseif (isset($_COOKIE["phonecookie"])) {
     echo "cookie stored!";  
} else {
     echo "no cookie here or page is not 817";
}