I was having the same problem as you are, the problem is the evaluation on the if statement, change it to see if the cookie is set and you will get the result you need, here's my code <? if (isset($_COOKIE["bbuserid"])) { print("<span class='welcome'><br><br><center>Welcome back, $username! <br><br><a href=\"http://www.salespractice.com/forums/\">Visit the Forums</a> </center>"); } else { ?> <form action='/forum/login.php' method='post' onsubmit='md5hash(vb_login_password,vb_login_md5password)'> <script type='text/javascript' src='/forum/clientscript/vbulletin_md5.js'></script> <table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="3" border="0"> <tr> <td class="login">User Name</td> <td><input type='text' class='button' name='vb_login_username' id='navbar_username' size='10' accesskey='u' tabindex='1' value='' /></td> <td class="smallfont" colspan="2" nowrap="nowrap"><input type='checkbox' name='cookieuser' value='1' tabindex='3' id='cb_cookieuser_navbar' accesskey='c' checked='checked' /><span class='login'>Remember Me</span></td></tr> <tr><td class="login">Password</td> <td><input type='password' class='button' name='vb_login_password' size='13' accesskey='p' tabindex='2' /></td> <td><input name="submit" type='submit' class='button' accesskey='s' tabindex='4' title='Log In' value='Log In' /> <span class="login"> <a href="http://www.salespractice.com/forums/register.php">Register</a></span></td></tr></table> <input type='hidden' name='do' value='login' /> <input type='hidden' name='forceredirect' value='0' /> <input type='hidden' name='vb_login_md5password' /> </form> <? } ?>