Example of uses for cookies
In this example we will learn how to set a cookie and how to retrieve the established value. In order to do this, we will ask users to insert their names that will be embedded in a cookie.
First we will ask the users to insert the value of their name, we use a form that will process the page process_cookie.phtml.
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Introduzca su nombre:
<FORM ACTION="procesar_cookie.phtml" METHOD="GET">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="nombre"><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Enviar">
</FORM>
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We set the cookie ejemuser with the value previously inserted, and which duration is one hour.
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setcookie("ejemusuario", $_GET['nombre'], time()+3600,"/","");
?>
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Se ha establecido una cookie de nombre <b>ejemusuario</b> con el valor: <b><? print $_GET['nombre']; ?></b> que será válida durante 1 hora.
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In this example we can see how easy it is to retrieve the value of the previously set cookie.
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Se ha establecido la cookie de nombre <b>ejemusuario</b> vale: <b><? print $_COOKIE['ejemusuario']; ?></b>
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How to use cookies