if $cookie = $cgi->cookie("CookieName") check to see if it meets our standards do business else if $cgi->param("TestingCookie") # no need to test value #we tried to set a cookie and failed bailout # or notify user of cookie failure and continue set the cookie set a http location: header line that includes: the url by which we arrived here + CookieName=value in the query string + a query string TestingCookie=1 clean up and exit end