# Two Questions: cookies and CGI Scripts **URL:** \ **Category:** programming\ **Created:** [June 20, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-cookies-and-cgi-scripts/23628 "2003-06-20T09:36:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2003, 9:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-cookies-and-cgi-scripts/23628/1 "2003-06-20T09:36:06Z")
Howdy everybody- a) ive checked my server and the phpMail function isnt disabled due to spamming (and becaause it’s a free hosting) - however perl scripts are available and i can send the results of a form with that CGI script… But can I do it with a flash form ? b) how can i set up a cookie that 1- demands the name of the user if he’s never been there 2- sets a value (which will be the site’s version - so I can tell users what’s new since they’ve last been here) and Flash can then change according to that cookie ? thanks all =) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 9:15am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-cookies-and-cgi-scripts/23628/2 "2003-06-21T09:15:29Z")
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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2003, 10:10am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/two-questions-cookies-and-cgi-scripts/23628/3 "2003-06-21T10:10:58Z")
for (b) you could use SharedObjects(in flash AS)… how you’d do it with server side i’m not sure-i’ve only just started looking at PHP and stuff like that.