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Tutorial Number 10 Web Skills: Passing Information From One Page To Another Will Cookies and Ssessions. Cookies

Setcookie() is used to create cookies, which are small files stored on a user's computer that are sent back to the server with page requests. Cookies can store information to identify users and pass data between pages. The $_COOKIE variable retrieves cookie values. Cookies expire and are deleted automatically based on the expiration timestamp set. If cookies are not supported, other methods like hidden form fields can pass data between pages instead.

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Tutorial Number 10 Web Skills: Passing Information From One Page To Another Will Cookies and Ssessions. Cookies

Setcookie() is used to create cookies, which are small files stored on a user's computer that are sent back to the server with page requests. Cookies can store information to identify users and pass data between pages. The $_COOKIE variable retrieves cookie values. Cookies expire and are deleted automatically based on the expiration timestamp set. If cookies are not supported, other methods like hidden form fields can pass data between pages instead.

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Tutorial Number 10

Web skills: Passing information from one page to another


will cookies and ssessions.

Cookies:

In PHP cookies are often used to identify a user. A cookie


is a small file that the server embeds on the user'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.
Normal cookie size is 4kb-6kb.

How to Create a Cookie?

The setcookie() function is used to set a cookie.

Syntax:
setcookie(name, value, expire, path, domain);

Task No: 1

In the example below, we will create a cookie named "user"


and assign the value "Alex Porter" to it. We also specify
that the cookie should expire after one hour:

<?php
setcookie("user", "Alex Porter", time()+3600);
?>

<html>
<body>…

Note: The value of the cookie is automatically URLencoded


when sending the cookie, and automatically decoded when
received (to prevent URLencoding, use setrawcookie()
instead).

Task Number 2

Retrieving a cookie

Cookies Page 1
The PHP $_COOKIE variable is used to retrieve a cookie
value.

Example

<?php
// Print a cookie
echo $_COOKIE["user"];
// A way to view all cookies
print_r($_COOKIE);
?>

In the following example we use the isset() function to find out if a


cookie has been set:

Example 2
<html>
<body>
<?php
if (isset($_COOKIE["user"]))
echo "Welcome " . $_COOKIE["user"] . "!<br />";
else
echo "Welcome guest!<br />";
?>
</body>
</html>

Task number 3

Deleting a Cookie

When deleting a cookie you should assure that the


expiration date is in the past.
Delete example
<?php

// set the expiration date to one hour ago


setcookie("user", "", time()-3600);
//or
// setcookie("user", NULL, time()-3600);

?>

Cookies Page 2
Saving cookies and checking if the user has revisited the
page or is a first timer.

<?php

if (!isset($_COOKIE['visited']))

{
// if a cookie does not exist
// set it
setcookie("visited", "1", mktime()+86400, "/") or
die("Could not set cookie");
echo "This is your first visit here today.";
}
else

{
// if a cookie already exists
echo "Nice to see you again, old friend!";
}

?>

What if a Browser Does NOT Support Cookies?

If your application deals with browsers that do not support


cookies, you will have to use other methods to pass
information from one page to another in your application.
One method is to pass the data through forms and retrieve
them using superglobals such as $_POST[], $_GET[] or
$_REQUEST[].

Cookies Page 3

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