If I call setcookie()
two times with the same cookie name, I get two cookies created.
How do you update an existing cookie?
You can't update a cookie per se, you can however overwrite it. Otherwise, this is what you are looking for: http://php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php
It works. Be sure to read "Common Pitfalls" from that page.
You can use the super global $_COOKIE['cookie_name']
as well to read cookies.