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December 17th, 2003, 06:41 PM

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multiple cookies

hi i have a login system for my site and it sets 1 cookie which i used to validate people across all the pages on the site. At the top of every page there is a welcome note: eg. hello:<username> would it be better for me to set 2 cookies or is there a way or storing multiple variables in 1 cookie?

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RE: multiple cookies

That multiple value thing would perhaps work if you store it as an array

December 18th, 2003, 08:07 AM

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RE: multiple cookies

so i would use:

php Code:

Original - php Code
setcookie("cookie",$array);

setcookie("cookie",$array);

and then to print from the cookie

php Code:

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echo $array['name'];

echo $array['name'];

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RE: multiple cookies

You can store multiple variables in 1 cookie simply bij multiple setcookie() commands.

php Code:

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<? setcookie('member_id',$member_id); setcookie('member_name',$member_name); //... etc. ?>

<?
setcookie('member_id',$member_id);
setcookie('member_name',$member_name);
//... etc. ?>

When you have a Windows machine running do not forget to add the path parameter to each command like this:

php Code:

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<? setcookie('member_id',$member_id, time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 30, '/'); //cookie expires after 30 days. ?>

<? 
setcookie('member_id',$member_id, time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 30, '/'); 
//cookie expires after 30 days. 
?>

I was wrestling with this one for a couple of days.

Of course you can also use arrays for the cookie. Refer also to: http://www.php.net/manual/nl/function.setcookie.php )

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