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    PHP Cookie Management

    Understanding and Implementing Cookies in PHP


    Topics to be covered...
    • Introduction
    • Creating Cookies
    • Retrieving Cookies
    • Updating Cookies
    • Deleting Cookies
    • Using Cookies for Session Management
    • Security Considerations
    Introduction to Cookies
    • Cookies are small pieces of data that a web server sends to a user's web browser
    for storage

    • They are typically used to store information about the user or their interactions with
    a website

    • Cookies are sent with each HTTP request, allowing the server to recognize the user
    Creating a Cookie
    // Syntax to set a cookie
    setcookie(name, value, expiration, path, domain, secure, httponly);

    • name: The name of the cookie.


    • value: The value of the cookie.
    • expiration: The expiration time of the cookie (in seconds).
    • path (optional): The path on the server where the cookie is available.
    • domain (optional): The domain for which the cookie is valid.
    • secure (optional): If true, the cookie will only be sent over HTTPS.
    • httponly (optional): If true, the cookie can only be accessed through HTTP, not JavaScript.
    Creating Cookie
    • Example

    // Setting a cookie that expires in 1 hour


    setcookie("username", "xyz", time() + 3600, "/");
    Retrieving Cookie
    • Cookies can be accessed using the $_COOKIE superglobal

    // Retrieving a cookie value

    $username = $_COOKIE["username"];
    echo "Welcome, $username!";
    <?php
    $cookie_name = "username";
    $cookie_value = "xyz";
    setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, time() + (86400 * 30), "/"); // 86400 = 1 day
    ?>
    <html>
    <body>
    <?php
    if(!isset($_COOKIE[$cookie_name])) {
    echo "Cookie named '" . $cookie_name . "' is not set!";
    } else {
    echo "Cookie '" . $cookie_name . "' is set!<br>";
    echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE[$cookie_name];
    }
    ?>
    </body>
    </html>
    Updating Cookie
    • To update a cookie, simply set it again with the new value

    // Updating a cookie
    setcookie("username", "abc", time() + 3600, "/");
    Deleteing Cookie
    • To delete a cookie, set its expiration time to a past date

    // Deleting a cookie
    setcookie("username", "", time() - 3600, "/");
    Security Considerations
    • Be cautious about storing sensitive information in cookies
    • Set the secure flag for sensitive cookies to ensure they are transmitted over HTTPS
    • Use the httponly flag to prevent JavaScript access to sensitive cookies
    • Always validate and sanitize cookie data to prevent security vulnerabilities
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