$_COOKIE

(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

$_COOKIEHTTP Cookies

Description

An associative array of variables passed to the current script via HTTP Cookies.

Examples

Example #1 $_COOKIE example

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

Assuming the "name" cookie has been set earlier

The above example will output something similar to:

Hello Hannes!

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.

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kiril (at) atern (dot) us
7 years ago
To clarify the previously posted note:

Dots (.) and spaces ( ) in cookie names are being replaced with underscores (_).
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k dot andris at gmail dot com
8 years ago
beware, dots (.) in cookie names are replaces by underscores (_)
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axodjakov at gmail dot com
2 years ago
$_COOKIE returns an array if there are more than one cookie saved under the given key.
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alexander-schranz at NO_SPAM dot hotmail dot com
6 years ago
Cookies with the same name the first cookie is used. Clients will send cookies with longer path before cookies with shorter path. This comes from RFC 6265 which says "Cookies with longer paths are listed before cookies with shorter paths.". So you get the best matching cookie for your current request.
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