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CoOktes

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A COokte i gnall ok~ct ok inonmakion
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einds a punposas, fnom the bonign to the moe
stalste such a trackng what ads a usen has
already Seer and nesponded to. Setting and neadtng
okes în PHP no hand.

Synta

setcookie Cname t, value C, enpieL, path [, domdtn.L, setune]]]]

Here s what he panametos means

naMeThe name h the, Cookie

YaluL: The value o the cooke.
eexpioe : The Rme the Cookêe explres.
*path: The path on the senve n whtch the cookie
wil be available h
domdn: the domatn en kich he Cookie is6
avatlable.
secue Indfcates thotthe Cookie Should eny be
trasatted ore a seure HTTPS, connetfon

phpsetcockie. php Eample prmgram :

4htmly head <tttey setfng a Cookle <lttez

42Php
setcookte C"message ". "No uosvrles. "Ji

4lhead
body7
<hi7 Settfng a Cookte <lhi>
the cowkte uas Set
to 10
Go to a he= "phpgetcooki.php* >phpgctcookie.php </47

<body7 <)html7
 Output

phpsetcookle. php
Setfng a Cooklfe
The cocke wab
set. Go to
Se. phpktcookie.php to tead,

Readng a CooKie

*Nhen you set a, Ceolke, wom't be atble

you scatpts until. the netkme you doad a
Page. hat 's because the cookte s Sont o the
Seve om he uson 's machtne so inmediactelu4
te
ate tou set a Cookie YOL wont be able to

eod t ; you need back fom the

a
page
ovousen nst.

Not2 also that Cooktes sent &n the

HTTP haadens pages sent to yOuL by the
bvcwsen and Hou Ccote handlng Pa
domatn A, only the Cookles that Came from
doman A ane sant p ou
 Once the oktes have been set, hey Can be
acessed on the net Page Joad uwlth the

_coOkIE avvnay. Ne Sek a Cookte named message

| &n the paextous top?c and we uilu read, it henc.

he values Cookes ag1 automatially Joaded,

nto the global anay named CookiE s, mueh as he

Values webweb page data ane stored n $_EqUEST,

tukich makes thes aocess eas.

T phpPqetccokte.php,you can stant y checktng

the Cookte uwas set

Example P10ram
4html
head7 tite7 Readtng a okte <lttte7 <lhead7

pody
<hl> keading a Cookie lhi7

The ccokie say

42php
Ctsset C$_CookIE ['message 'J )

echo cookE L'message'J

l body7
4/html7
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Phpgetceokle. php
Reading a Cookde
The Cookfe sayi No oudes.

settfng Cookles Explactton :

You can se Cookie 's enphatfon me when

you Create the cookle with the Setcooie

1

fanetion

nta

Sekcoke Cname [,Value I, epine L, path I, domain.L,seuse]]11])

Here, the me stored n this paameten

aa unia tRme Stamp, holding the Mumben asecConds

1910, and spectfytng the fme when

Since anuay ,

Cuient
the Cookta should be deleted
To qeb the
can
Number seconds shce Januany,1970 4ou

the PHP me unctfon. Foa examale ,to Spedty

use
cooke should be deleted n an houw,
that a

ou Can do Somethtng ke this ahene you

| Speift an epnton Rme o tfm l) + 36oo Seconals.

 Example:
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head
tftte7 setrg a cobkte expuhatlon tme
fme
Hle7
4phP
etcockie ("message", "No ouites for 30
days.
&me C)+ bo *bo24 * 30)

4Ihead
4body7 t 7

4hl7 Setting a cooke 's expBratfon tme hi7

The Ccokie has beer et to epire n 3o days.

Gyo to
a = phpgetcooke.php'7 Phpqetecokfe-php <a neab.

4lbod7
htmd7
DUutput
.
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setting a Cookte 's ezpiiation tfme
The cookte has been set to eplre in 30das.

Go to phpgetcooele.php neat.
Deletina Cookies

Nant to delete a cooke 2 wheathen e not youL

4o
Can depends n the baausen yo are dealtng wi.

cooRe to
You can sek the ezpnafon ttme a
and that should
Some tfme h the past
brodsen delute the Cookie,
theoaetically makes the

not delete the Cookte

but tha oYOUsen may

use closes the browsen- andposstbly

until the
ulse ponecautRon to
rat een then. So a

to an
Set the tert the cookle

stêrg ";
empaty
Example
htrnl7
cookies <1tite7
<head tttez Deleting
9php
set coote C "message tme -3boo)

4Iheod7
body
<lhi>
hi7 Peletfng Cookte

Cotte uwas deleted. check that at

Ka et -
"phpgetcookle php* > php getcooke php </laz
2 body7
Output:

Phpdeletecoote.php
Delete cookles
Coolce was deleted,. chuck that at

PMpgetcookfe. php.