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Now that we have the JWT ready, we will use the HTTP Foundations package to set and retrieve cookies.
NOTE: Because we set our extra parameter to accept an array, make sure you pass the cookie as an array.
Tips for Reading and Writing Cookies
To test reading a cookie after login: on index.php
if (request()->cookies->has('access_token')) {
echo "logged in";
} else {
echo "not logged in";
}
If the cookie isn't working properly, one of the most common reasons is that the COOKIE_DOMAIN in the .env file is not set properly.
When using workspaces it should be YOUR workspace url, which would look something like
COOKIE_DOMAIN=port-80-m1m8flu0vu.treehouse-app.com
When working locally, it should be
COOKIE_DOMAIN=localhost
Cookies can be a bit tricky to work with when using 0:00 only the built in PHP functions. 0:02 Part of the reason we're using the symphony package for 0:05 getting the request is the ease of setting the cookie on the request object. 0:07 To create our cookie, 0:13 we used a cookie class from the symphony package we pulled in. 0:14 There are a few parts to the cookie. 0:35 First the name of the cookie. 0:37 For which we'll use access token. 0:39 Next, the jwt. 0:44 Followed by the expiration time. 0:50 The path and the domain. 0:56 The last part is important as this is what tells the cookie where it lives. 1:09 Without it, it will live in this session and 1:14 may not always be available when you're looking for it. 1:17 Once we have our access token, we want to redirect the user back with a cookie. 1:20 We're going to modify our redirect function a little bit to allow for 1:26 a cookie to be passed in. 1:29 Open the functions file. 1:31 Find the redirect function. 1:34 We're going to add a new property that defaults to an empty array. 1:41 This is so that we can expand in the future without too much work. 1:48 After we set a variable for the response, and 1:53 before we send it, we need to check for cookies inside of the extras array. 1:56 If key exists. 2:00 Cookies in extra. 2:05 If it does, then we'll loop over each of the cookies so that we can set multiple 2:14 cookies on the response headers using the SET cookie function. 2:18 Foreach extra 2:22 cookies as cookie. 2:26 Response-> headers-> 2:36 setCookie and pass the cookie. 2:41 Now let's add the redirect with a cookie. 2:49 Redirect to the home page and pass in the cookie. 2:58 Let's modify our home page to read the cookie just so 3:15 that we know that we're logged in. 3:18 We need to require our bootstrap file first. 3:25 And then if 3:37 (request()->cookies->has('access_token'). 3:39 Then we're just going to echo logged in. 3:53 Let's take a look at what we have built so far, and log in to our system. 3:59 Great, now that you know how to redirect a user with cookies set, give it a try and 4:13 see if you can set the registration to automatically 4:18 log a user in when they sign up. 4:21
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