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Cookies in php

Cookies A cookie is often used to identify a user.  A cookie is a small file that the server embeds on the user's computer.  Each time the same computer requests a page with a browser, it will send the cookie too. With PHP, you can both create and retrieve cookie values. Create Cookies With PHP A cookie is created with the  setcookie()  function. Syntax setcookie( name, value, expire, path, domain, secure, httponly ); Only the  name  parameter is required. All other parameters are optional. PHP Create/Retrieve a Cookie The following example creates a cookie named "user" with the value "John Doe". The cookie will expire after 30 days (86400 * 30). We then retrieve the value of the cookie "user" (using the global variable $_COOKIE). We also use the  isset()  function to find out if the cookie is set: Example <?php $cookie_name =  "user" ; $cookie_value =  "John Doe" ; setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_

PHP.ini file

1) Php.ini file. The PHP configuration file, php.ini, is the final and most immediate way to affect PHP's functionality. The php.ini file is read each time PHP is initialized.in other words, whenever httpd is restarted for the module version or with each script execution for the CGI version. use phpinfo() to check the path to php.ini. The configuration file is well commented and thorough(complete) Keys are case sensitive, keyword values are not. whitespace, and lines beginning with semicolons are ignored. Booleans can be represented by 1/0, Yes/No, On/Off, or True/False. Here we are explaining the important settings in php.ini which you may need for your PHP Parser:- short_open_tag = Off Short open tags look like this: <? ?>. This option must be set to Off if you want to use XML functions. safe_mode = Off If this is set to On, you probably compiled PHP with the --enable-safe-mode flag. Safe mode is most relevant to CGI use.  disable_functions = [fun