Basic Cookie Help

[eluser]Jim Higgins[/eluser]
Yeah. I am. Sorry. I made a mistake when simplifying for the post. Here's what it actually looks like...

if ($this->input->post('state')) {
$this->_state = $this->input->post('state');
set_cookie('state_cookie', $this->_state);
echo 'Get cookie = ' . get_cookie('state_cookie');
}