Reading an external Cookie

wonderman

How do I reach an "external cookie" that has not been set by me?
For example, in a portal, the loginpage has set a cookie that says that I am logged in. After that I go to my application that is situated on another server and want to know if the cookie is set and the value of the cookie.. how do I do that in PHP?

yelvington

Read this thread, which is not even 24 hours old.

http://www.phpbuilder.com/forum/read.php3?num=1&id=110038&loc=0&thread=110038

Anon

Hello,
I want some help in PHP.
Can I have the Cookies Collection in PHP?? Is it present in PHP like in ASP.
If exists, Can send the syntax for Cookies collection in PHP...

I can send the code in ASP: I want the equivalent code in PHP:

<%
if Request.Cookies("SiteCount")(SiteVisited) <> "Visited" then
rs("HitCount") = 1
Response.Cookies("SiteCount")(SiteVisited) = "Visited"
end if
%>

If u know, Please send the reply...
Thanking u sir,

Regards,
Katkuri Srinivas
Web Developer,
Bangalore

Anon

All cookie variables are automatically available in PHP. The documentation on this is flawed; the "variables from outside PHP" section of the manual ought to explain the presence of $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[] and $_COOKIE[] (PHP4.1 and up).

To set a cookie, see the documentation for the set_cookie() function:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.setcookie.php

To refer to the value of cookie, use

echo $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['mycookiename'];