Using file() to get page with Cookies?

[planbeta]

Hello!

Using file() I can grab a page and spit out selected parts of it using php, but I need to grab a page that needs a cookie login set before you can access the page, is there any way to do this with straight php?

Cheers

Chris

[coopster]

Is it possible for you to set the $_COOKIE variable before you read the file?

$_COOKIE['value'] = 'whatever';
$lines = file('http://www.whatever.com');