CookieManager

Since the 1.9 branch the CookieManager is available. This component enables you - similar to the SessionManager - to sophistically manage cookies. Due to the fact, that the implementation of HTTP cookies does not provide namespace support, the component was extended to support this feature. Now cookie values can be stored within different namespaces.

The following box describes examples for the CookieManager usage:
PHP-Code
// include the CookieManager import('tools::cookie','CookieManager'); // create the CookieManager and apply the desired namespace $cM = new CookieManager('my::namespace'); // try to get the cookie value $value = $cM->readCookie('key'); if($value !== null){ echo '
Cookie value: '.$value; } else{ $cM->createCookie('key','value'); echo '
Setting cookie...'; } // delete cookie if dedired if(/* ... */){ $cM->deleteCookie('key'); } // update cookie if desired if(/* .. */){ $cM->updateCookie('key','value_2'); } // change namespace of the current instance $cM->setNamespace('my::second::namespace');
In the examples above, the cookie domain and path is gathered automatically. If desired, the domain and path can be set to different values, using the futher arguments of the available methods. Details can be taken from the API documentation.

Note: Please be aware, that the cookie handling only works with domains unlike localhost. For development purposes ist is recommended to create a seperate VHOST.


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