Problem with Cookies not saving

[eluser]jgetner[/eluser]
why not just use regular php instead of CI? this would be faster and validating a cookie is as easy as going isset();

Code:

setcookie('projects' , '325' , time() + 3600);

function get_cookies($name)
{
    if (!isset($_COOKIE[$name]))
    {
        return(FALSE);
    }
    
    else
    {
        isset($_COOKIE[$name])
        {
            return htmlspecialchars($_COOKIE[$name]);
        }
    }
}