[Pavarok]

Whoah, thanks. Helps a lot.

[Comkid]

No problems, happy to help.

[joelixny]

This is very useful, thanks!

[Mack]

Rather than using setCookie(), I've been using Kyek's BakeCookie() function instead. He posted it in another thread, and I find it easier then the using php's built in setCookie

[magik]

and eatCookie! NOM NOM NOM =þ

[Comkid]

I've seen it, but I want to teach the base, so it should work on default php without having to look for functions

[Mack]

magik, on 19 March 2010 - 05:41 PM, said:

and eatCookie! NOM NOM NOM =þ

well now, any baked cookie thats just sitting out gets eaten… but yeah, I use eatCookie too, makes your code looks so much nicer then if you use setCookie

[arronhunt]

 If ($_COOKIE['chocolate chip']=="baked"){
echo "NOM NOM NOM!";
$hunger=0;
}
else {
$hunger=100;
echo "I want my cookie..."; 
}

[Comkid]

tsk, tsk, tsk

Here let me make that look better :

<?php
$hunger = 100
if ($_COOKIE['chocolate chip'] == "baked")
{
	echo "NOM NOM NOM!";
	$hunger = 0;
}
else
{
	$hunger = 110; //! Unbelievably Starving :P
	echo "I want my cookie...";
}
?>

[Kyek]

Great little tutorial Since Mack and magik referred to it, here are the functions I use in my apps. This is updated from the version I posted in another thread, as it uses a duration instead of a specific expiration date.

/**
 * Sets a cookie quickly and easily.
 *
 * @param cookieName string The name of the cookie to set
 * @param value string The contents of the cookie
 * @param duration number OPTIONAL: The amount of time, in minutes, until the cookie expires.
 * 	If not set, the cookie will last two years.
 * @param path string OPTIONAL: The path to restrict the cookie to.  If not set, the cookie
 * 	will be readable by the entire domain.
 * @param domain string OPTIONAL: The domain to associate the cookie with.  If not set, the
 * 	cookie will be associated with the domain in the user's URL string.
 * @return true if the cookie was sent successfully, false otherwise.
 */
function bakeCookie($cookieName, $value, $duration=false, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	if ($duration)
		$expiretime = time() + 60 * $duration;
	else
		$expiretime = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2; // Expire in two years by default
	if (!$domain) {
		$domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
		while (preg_match('/\\..+\\./', $domain))
			$domain = substr($domain, strpos($domain, '.') + 1);
	}
	if (!$path)
		$path = '/';
	return setcookie($cookieName, $value, $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

/**
 * Deletes a cookie by setting its expiration date to two years in the past.
 *
 * @param cookieName string The name of the cookie to delete
 * @param path string OPTIONAL: The path the cookie was associated with when
 * 	it was set.
 * @param domain string OPTIONAL: The domain that the cookie was associated
 * 	with when it was set.
 * @return true if the updated cookie was sent successfully; false otherwise.
 */
function eatCookie($cookieName, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	$expiretime = time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2);
	if (!$domain) {
		$domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
		while (preg_match('/\\..+\\./', $domain))
			$domain = substr($domain, strpos($domain, '.') + 1);
	}
	if (!$path)
		$path = '/';
	return setcookie($cookieName, '', $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

An example of use:

// Set a cookie with a two-year expiration:
bakeCookie("username", "Kyek");

// Delete the cookie
eatCookie("username");

// Set another cookie with a five-minute expiration
bakeCookie("worst-band-ever", "Nickelback", 5);

But all I'm using in these is the basic setcookie method that Comkid is teaching -- it just figures out the details on its own so you don't need to deal with them

Promoted to official tutorial!

[GreySyntax]

Kyek, on 27 March 2010 - 09:26 AM, said:

Great little tutorial Since Mack and magik referred to it, here are the functions I use in my apps. This is updated from the version I posted in another thread, as it uses a duration instead of a specific expiration date.

/**
 * Sets a cookie quickly and easily.
 *
 * @param cookieName string The name of the cookie to set
 * @param value string The contents of the cookie
 * @param duration number OPTIONAL: The amount of time, in minutes, until the cookie expires.
 * 	If not set, the cookie will last two years.
 * @param path string OPTIONAL: The path to restrict the cookie to.  If not set, the cookie
 * 	will be readable by the entire domain.
 * @param domain string OPTIONAL: The domain to associate the cookie with.  If not set, the
 * 	cookie will be associated with the domain in the user's URL string.
 * @return true if the cookie was sent successfully, false otherwise.
 */
function bakeCookie($cookieName, $value, $duration=false, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	if ($duration)
		$expiretime = time() + 60 * $duration;
	else
		$expiretime = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2; // Expire in two years by default
	if (!$domain) {
		$domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
		while (preg_match('/\\..+\\./', $domain))
			$domain = substr($domain, strpos($domain, '.') + 1);
	}
	if (!$path)
		$path = '/';
	return setcookie($cookieName, $value, $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

/**
 * Deletes a cookie by setting its expiration date to two years in the past.
 *
 * @param cookieName string The name of the cookie to delete
 * @param path string OPTIONAL: The path the cookie was associated with when
 * 	it was set.
 * @param domain string OPTIONAL: The domain that the cookie was associated
 * 	with when it was set.
 * @return true if the updated cookie was sent successfully; false otherwise.
 */
function eatCookie($cookieName, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	$expiretime = time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2);
	return setcookie($cookieName, '', $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

An example of use:

// Set a cookie with a two-year expiration:
bakeCookie("username", "Kyek");

// Delete the cookie
eatCookie("username");

// Set another cookie with a five-minute expiration
bakeCookie("worst-band-ever", "Nickelback", 5);

But all I'm using in these is the basic setcookie method that Comkid is teaching -- it just figures out the details on its own so you don't need to deal with them

Promoted to official tutorial!

Nice i must admit i like how your wrapping it all up i might end up doing something like that in one of my projects :P

[Mack]

Kyek, on 27 March 2010 - 09:26 AM, said:

Great little tutorial Since Mack and magik referred to it, here are the functions I use in my apps. This is updated from the version I posted in another thread, as it uses a duration instead of a specific expiration date.

/**
 * Sets a cookie quickly and easily.
 *
 * @param cookieName string The name of the cookie to set
 * @param value string The contents of the cookie
 * @param duration number OPTIONAL: The amount of time, in minutes, until the cookie expires.
 * 	If not set, the cookie will last two years.
 * @param path string OPTIONAL: The path to restrict the cookie to.  If not set, the cookie
 * 	will be readable by the entire domain.
 * @param domain string OPTIONAL: The domain to associate the cookie with.  If not set, the
 * 	cookie will be associated with the domain in the user's URL string.
 * @return true if the cookie was sent successfully, false otherwise.
 */
function bakeCookie($cookieName, $value, $duration=false, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	if ($duration)
		$expiretime = time() + 60 * $duration;
	else
		$expiretime = time() + 60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2; // Expire in two years by default
	if (!$domain) {
		$domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
		while (preg_match('/\\..+\\./', $domain))
			$domain = substr($domain, strpos($domain, '.') + 1);
	}
	if (!$path)
		$path = '/';
	return setcookie($cookieName, $value, $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

/**
 * Deletes a cookie by setting its expiration date to two years in the past.
 *
 * @param cookieName string The name of the cookie to delete
 * @param path string OPTIONAL: The path the cookie was associated with when
 * 	it was set.
 * @param domain string OPTIONAL: The domain that the cookie was associated
 * 	with when it was set.
 * @return true if the updated cookie was sent successfully; false otherwise.
 */
function eatCookie($cookieName, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	$expiretime = time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2);
	return setcookie($cookieName, '', $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

An example of use:

// Set a cookie with a two-year expiration:
bakeCookie("username", "Kyek");

// Delete the cookie
eatCookie("username");

// Set another cookie with a five-minute expiration
bakeCookie("worst-band-ever", "Nickelback", 5);

But all I'm using in these is the basic setcookie method that Comkid is teaching -- it just figures out the details on its own so you don't need to deal with them

Promoted to official tutorial!

Your eatCookie doesn't work right on my server. You have to add path and domain to it:

function eatCookie($cookieName, $path=false, $domain=false) {
	$expiretime = time() - (60 * 60 * 24 * 365*2);
    if (!$domain) {
		$domain = $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'];
		while (preg_match('/\\..+\\./', $domain))
			$domain = substr($domain, strpos($domain, '.') + 1);
	}
	if (!$path)
		$path = '/';
	return setcookie($cookieName, '', $expiretime, $path, $domain);
}

Not sure if its just my server, or if its all servers, but thats the only way to get it to work on mine.

[Kyek]

You're absolutely right -- I actually realized last night that eatCookie wouldn't work for anyone using a different configuration than mine. Updating my code with that now Thanks!

[Mack]

Kyek, on 04 April 2010 - 07:14 AM, said:

You're absolutely right -- I actually realized last night that eatCookie wouldn't work for anyone using a different configuration than mine. Updating my code with that now Thanks!

Whats your server config that that would work? Do you have a default path and domain?

[Kyek]

That was on Appulous, where I had nginx configged to forcibly remove any subdomain. When there's no sub and you're forcing a / path, the original eatCookie works.

[Mack]

Kyek, on 04 April 2010 - 04:15 PM, said:

That was on Appulous, where I had nginx configged to forcibly remove any subdomain. When there's no sub and you're forcing a / path, the original eatCookie works.

If you go to www.mackgoodstein.com it makes it mackgoodstein.com if thats similar? The code still didn't work for me

[Kyek]

Very strange! That's what's in the appdb code and it worked a treat

[Mack]

Kyek, on 04 April 2010 - 07:28 PM, said:

Very strange! That's what's in the appdb code and it worked a treat

Hmm, this is my code:

if ($host ~* ^www\.(.*)) {
    set $host_without_www $1; 
    rewrite ^(.*)$ http://$host_without_www$1 permanent;
}

[dida]

this thread is really dangerous.after i have read throught it i have rushed in the kitchen and started to bake some cookies...but they got burnt...i cooked one again, but i couldnt find anything to eat it with...then i have started to kill the cookies..slowly...painfully...
then i woke up...