_COOKIE(3) 1 _COOKIE(3)
$_COOKIE - HTTP Cookies
An associative array of variables passed to the current script via HTTP Cookies.
$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS contains the same initial information, but is not a superglobal. (Note that $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS and $_COOKIE are different
variables and that PHP handles them as such)
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|Version | |
| | |
| | Description |
| | |
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| 4.1.0 | |
| | |
| | Introduced $_COOKIE that deprecated |
| | $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS. |
| | |
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Example #1
$_COOKIE example
<?php
echo 'Hello ' . htmlspecialchars($_COOKIE["name"]) . '!';
?>
Assuming the "name" cookie has been set earlier
The above example will output something similar to:
Hello Hannes!
Note
This is a 'superglobal', or automatic global, variable. This simply means that it is available in all scopes throughout a script.
There is no need to do global $variable; to access it within functions or methods.
setcookie(3), Handling external variables, The filter extension.
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