$_COOKIE

$_COOKIE

$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS deprecated

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)

$_COOKIE -- $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS deprecated — HTTP Cookies

Description

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)

Changelog

Examples

Example #1 $_COOKIE example

<?php
echo 'Hello ' . htmlspecialchars($_COOKIE["name"]) . '!';
?>

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Assuming the "name" cookie has been set earlier

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The above example will output something similar to:

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Hello Hannes!

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Notes

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.

See Also

• setcookie() - Send a cookie

• Handling external variables

• The filter extension

← $_ENV

$php_errormsg →

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