php man page for http_parse_cookie

HTTP_PARSE_COOKIE(3)							 1						      HTTP_PARSE_COOKIE(3)

http_parse_cookie - Parse HTTP cookie

SYNOPSIS
       object http_parse_cookie (string  $cookie, [int	$flags], [array  $allowed_extras])

DESCRIPTION
	Parses HTTP cookies like sent in a response into a struct.

PARAMETERS
	      o $cookie
		- string containing the value of a Set-Cookie response header

	      o $flags
		- parse flags ( HTTP_COOKIE_PARSE_RAW)

	      o $allowed_extras
		- array containing recognized extra keys; by default all unknown keys will be treated as cookie names

RETURN VALUES
	Returns a stdClass object on success or FALSE on failure.

EXAMPLES
       Example #1

	      Using http_parse_cookie(3)

	      <?php
	      print_r(http_parse_cookie("foo=bar; bar=baz; path=/; domain=example.com; comment=; secure", 0, array("comment")));
	      ?>

	      The above example will output:

	      stdClass Object
	      (
		[cookies] => Array
		(
		  [foo] => bar
		  [bar] => baz
		)

		[extras] => Array
		(
		  [comment] =>
		)

		[flags] => 16
		[expires] => 0
		[path] => /
		[domain] => example.com
	      )

SEE ALSO
       http_parse_headers(3), http_parse_message(3), http_build_cookie(3).

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