PHP

Cookies in PHP


Set and get cookies. Get and set cookies in PHP

Example to set cookies values in PHP

Example to set cookies values in PHP 

<?php

$cookie_data = "Cookie information";

setcookie("CookieExample", $cookie_data);

$cookie_data2 = "Info for second cookie";

// Set the expiration time to 10 seconds from the initialization

$expiration_time = time()+10;

setcookie("CookieExample2", $cookie_data2, $expiration_time );

echo "Current Time = ". time()." - Time = ". $expiration_time;
Example to get or retrieve cookies values in PHP

Get values from previously set cookies 

<?php

// Shows the data from the cookies and the current time
// to help compare with the expiration time

$cookie_data = $_COOKIE["CookieExample"];

echo "Cookie data: ". $cookie_data."<br/><br/>";


$cookie_data2 = $_COOKIE["CookieExample2"];


echo "Cookie data2: ". $cookie_data2."<br/><br/>";


echo "Expiration time: ". time();