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Asked: 2026-05-25T09:35:46+00:00

i have a form and when i post it i create a cookie, then

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i have a form and when i post it i create a cookie, then i read the cookie and if isset then do something:

inside read.php

    <?php if (isset($_COOKIE['voteforme'])) { 
echo 'You voted this profile';
} else {?>
<form method="post" action="<?php echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>">
<input type="hidden" name="vote_points" id="vote_points" value="1000" />
<input type="submit" name="votes_send" id="votes_send" value="Vote for me" />
</form>
<?php } ?>

then i do some cookie creation inside ‘create.php’:

if (isset($_POST['votes_send'])){
$get_vote_for_me = $_POST['vote_points'];
$get_talent_id = $_POST['talent_id'];
$value1 = "voteforme";
$value2 = "voteforme_points";
setcookie($value1,$value2, time()+3600*24*7);
}

this script is creating the cookie i need. basically if the cookie $_COOKIE['voteforme'] is set then show a message, else show the form.

the problem i have is that i need to refresh the page a second time for the page to read the cookie and see if exists or not.

the file structure is index.php where i include the read.php and ‘create.php’

any ideas??

thanks

edit:
even if i set the form action to any of those files the result is the same

edit, index.php structure:

<?php 
require_once("read.php");
include 'create.php';
?>
<!doctype html>
<head>...
<body>...
<div id="tab5" class="tab_content">
<?php  read();?> // the read.php it's a function
</div>
...

the read.php i am requiring it it at the top but i’m not actually calling git until inside the body as a function

adit:
i’ve also tried to add the setcookie inside the else statement inside the ‘read.php’, but there it doesn’t get created

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  1. Editorial Team

    Why don’t you check for the cookie set after you set the cookie? Then proceed to update your page. You just can’t print anything to the page before doing your cookie work.

    Another solution would be to use javascript to reduce the number of reloads.

    A third idea would be to use a global variable which you can check in addition to the cookie — that way if you set the cookie you would execute the appropriate code based on the global variable.

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