PHP

USING COOKIES IN PHP

(a beginner's guide)

SET A "COLOR" COOKIE WITH VALUE "RED" setcookie("Color", "Red");

SET COOKIE

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RETRIEVE COOKIE

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COOKIES ARE PARSED INTO $_COOKIE print_r($_COOKIE);

$_COOKIE IS AN ARRAY echo $_COOKIE["Color"];

UPDATE COOKIE

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SIMPLY SET COOKIE AGAIN setcookie("Color", "Blue");

OR CREATE MORE COOKIES AS REQUIRED  setcookie("Hello", "World");

INSTANTLY EXPIRE TO DELETE COOKIE setcookie("Color", null, -1);

DELETE COOKIE

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MANUALLY UNSET VALUE IN $_COOKIE  unset($_COOKIE["Color"]);