PHP Error Function name must be a string

Question

I added the following lines to the top of my PHP code, but it throws an error:

Fatal error: Function name must be a string in /home/reg.php on line 2

<?php
if ($_COOKIE('CaptchaResponseValue') == "false")
{
    header('location:index.php');
    return;
}
?>

I tried: $_COOKIE("CaptchaResponseValue"). The cookie is successfully set and is available. Why is it giving me an error when I am using $_COOKIE?

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

It should be $_COOKIE['name'], not $_COOKIE('name')

$_COOKIE is an array, not a function.

Hope it helps!!