What potential issues can arise when setting cookies in PHP sessions, as observed in the forum thread?

The potential issue that can arise when setting cookies in PHP sessions is that the session cookie may not be set correctly if headers have already been sent to the browser. This can lead to session data not being saved or retrieved properly. To solve this issue, it is important to ensure that session_start() is called before any output is sent to the browser. 

<?php
// Start the session before any output is sent
session_start();

// Set a session variable
$_SESSION['username'] = 'john_doe';

// Set a cookie with the session ID
setcookie(session_name(), session_id(), time() + 3600, '/');

// Rest of your PHP code here
?>

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