{"id":243,"date":"2016-07-28T06:27:20","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T06:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barkhane.com\/php\/2016\/07\/28\/request-cookie-in-php\/"},"modified":"2024-03-03T15:02:17","modified_gmt":"2024-03-03T15:02:17","slug":"request-cookie-in-php","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkhane.com\/php\/request-cookie-in-php\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookies in PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is $_COOKIE in PHP ?<\/h2>\n<p>Cookies in PHP ( $_COOKIE\u00a0 [] )is a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/barkhane.com\/php\/super-global-variable-in-php\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">superglobal <\/a>variable used to handel cookie . A cookie is a small file that the server embeds on the user\\&#8217;s computer. Each time the same computer requests a page with a browser, it will send the cookie too. With PHP, you can both create and retrieve cookie values.To Retrieve the values of cookie we use\u00a0$_COOKIE .<\/p>\n<pre><code>  \nSyntax : $variable\u00a0= $_COOKIE \u00a0[\u2018SomeKey\u2019];\n <\/code><\/pre>\n<p>Where as a cookie is created with the setcookie() function.<\/p>\n<h2>Cookie in PHP with examples<\/h2>\n<p><strong>To create Cookie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code> \nsetcookie(\\\"SomeKey\\\",\\\"KeyValue\\\",time()+$int);\nname is your cookie\\'s name\nvalue is cookie\\'s value\n$int is time of cookie expires  <\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Fetch Cookie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>  \n\necho $_COOKIE[\\\"SomeKey\\\"];\n\n  <\/code><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Updating Cookie:<\/strong><\/p>\n<pre><code>  \n\nsetcookie(\\\"color\\\",\\\"red\\\");\necho $_COOKIE[\\\"color\\\"];\n\/*color is red*\/\n\/* your codes and functions*\/\nsetcookie(\\\"color\\\",\\\"blue\\\");\necho $_COOKIE[\\\"color\\\"];\n\/*new color is blue*\/\n  <\/code><\/pre>\n<h2>\u00a0UNSET\u00a0cookie in PHP<\/h2>\n<p><b>Deleting Cookie<\/b><br \/>\n<span class=\"default\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">\u00a0* unset(<\/span><span class=\"default\">$_COOKIE<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">[<\/span><span class=\"string\">\\&#8221;KeyName\\&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">]);<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"keyword\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"default\">\u00a0* setcookie<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">(<\/span><span class=\"string\">\\&#8221;SomeKey\\&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">,<\/span><span class=\"string\">\\&#8221;KeyValue\\&#8221;<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">,<\/span><span class=\"default\">time<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">()-<\/span><span class=\"default\">1<\/span><span class=\"keyword\">);<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"keyword\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"comment\">it expired ie. it\\&#8217;s deleted<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is $_COOKIE in PHP ? Cookies in PHP ( $_COOKIE\u00a0 [] )is a\u00a0superglobal variable used to handel cookie . 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