{"id":128421,"date":"2023-05-04T17:23:19","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T11:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/?page_id=128421"},"modified":"2024-04-12T14:33:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T09:03:28","slug":"setcookie","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.vskills.in\/certification\/tutorial\/setcookie\/","title":{"rendered":"setcookie in PHP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>setcookie in PHP<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>setcookie()<\/code> function in PHP is used to set a cookie in the user&#8217;s browser. A cookie is a small piece of data that is stored on the user&#8217;s computer and can be accessed by the server on subsequent requests. 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The cookie is available on the root path of the website (<code>\"\/\"<\/code>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also retrieve the value of a cookie using the <code>$_COOKIE<\/code> superglobal array. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>\/\/ Retrieve the value of the \"username\" cookie\r\necho $_COOKIE&#91;\"username\"];\r<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>In this example, the <code>$_COOKIE<\/code> superglobal array is used to retrieve the value of the <code>\"username\"<\/code> cookie. 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