Cookies === Arghhhh *Fixed*

[wpearsall]

OK,

After god knows how many problems i got, writing my "Exchange" purely from scratch,

I decided i WOULD use php-nuke as a "Base" Application,

Hacked it as i needed it, ETC,

But that aint my problem, i got it all working, SO FAR,

EXCEPT COOKIES!


I put this:

 if ($_COOKIE['referer']==""){
    if($ref !=""){
            setcookie("referer",$ref,time()+7200);
            $refer=$ref;
    }
 } else {
    $refer=$_COOKIE['referer'];
 } 

Into my header.php (Very top of the file),

And if i call my page like:

http://adz.ods.org:88/modules.php?na...&ref=wpearsall

It will set the cookie, etc properly, even when u go from the page, and back to it, it stays in the browser

(well for 2 hours, plenty of time for some1 to sign up i think huh)

However:

If i call the page via:

http://adz.ods.org:88/index.php?ref=wpearsall

IT WILL NOT SET THE COOKIE.


Now, I Dont got ANY idea why : Freaky stuff huh :

Now, i have got "register_globals" set to "On", etc, and stuff,

So im guessing its probally some STUPID mistake i've done.

Now: Most Likely i guess its i've use:
"$ref", i know theres another method, : I dont know what though : to get the post variables,

If ne 1 can help. it would be brill

Tnx,
Wayne