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PHP Browser Persistent Data with PHP Data Persistence on the Web Cookies

Posted by Andrew mwendo
Andrew mwendo
5,712 Points

i am in need

Challenge Task 1 of 1

Set a cookie named "treehouse" whose value is set to "cookie challenge". The cookie should expire in 1 hour and be available to all paths of the site.

cookies.php 
<?php
//add cookie below this line
$cookie_name = "treehouse";
$cookie_value = "cookie challenge";
setcookie($treehouse, $cookiechallenge, time() +3600, "/"); 

if(!isset($_COOKIE[$treehouse])) {
    echo "Cookie named '" . $treehouse . "' is not set!";
} else {
    echo "Cookie '" . $treehouse . "' is set!<br>";
    echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE[$treehouse];
}
?>

2 Answers

Luc de Brouwer
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Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 Points
Luc de Brouwer
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Luc de Brouwer
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Student 17,939 Points

You made this mistake: you've put in literal values in the function as parameters instead of the variables you have declared in the file.

Just use $cookie_name & $cookie_value instead of those literal values you declared.

$cookie_name = "treehouse";
$cookie_value = "cookie challenge";
setcookie($cookie_name, $cookie_value, time() +3600, "/"); 

if(!isset($_COOKIE[$treehouse])) {
    echo "Cookie named '" . $treehouse . "' is not set!";
} else {
    echo "Cookie '" . $treehouse . "' is set!<br>";
    echo "Value is: " . $_COOKIE[$treehouse];
}
?>
Andrew mwendo
Andrew mwendo
5,712 Points

Brouwer u the best

Dario Preglej
Dario Preglej
9,771 Points
Dario Preglej
Dario Preglej
9,771 Points

setcookie("treehouse", "cookie challenge", strtotime('+1 hour'), '/');