PHP Cookies

nike_guy_man posted this at 05:22 — 18th November 2001.

Joined: Sep 2000

Hello once again.
I'm writing a script that allows a user to log in at login.php3 and have his/her settings appear on all the other .php3 pages on the site.
How do I do this?
How do I read the contents of the cookies?
I'm thinking to use setcookie() but how do I get the contents of the cookie everywhere?
I can get the contents of the cookie on the same page, but not elsewhere.
Thanks!

Mark Hensler posted this at 07:36 — 18th November 2001.

He has: 4,048 posts

Joined: Aug 2000

Two ways...

1. just use the var name you specified when setting the cookie

<?php
//page 1
setcookie (\"TestCookie\", \"Test Value\");

//page 2
echo $TestCookie;
?>

2. use the PHP's $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS

<?php
//page 1
setcookie (\"TestCookie\", \"Test Value\");

//page 2
echo $$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[\"TestCookie\"];
?>

Lots of goot examples and User Contributed Notes in the PHP docs: setcookie()

Mark Hensler
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