setting a cookie in PHP CURL

Question

Im really new to the php curl concept, can anybody show me a simple example of how to set a cookie in the browser using php curl

this is my code that doesnt work...

$ch = curl_init('http://localhost/setc.php?userid=123&panelid=1');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// get headers too with this line
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

but when i take a var_dump of this it gets printed, very confused please help

array (size=1)
  'userid' => string '1:123' (length=8)

please if ur confused....u can simply ignore my above coding and let me know how to set a simple cookie using php curl

gview · Answer 1 · 2015-01-15T18:59:19.567

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I'm not clear on what you are expecting to have happen with cookies. However, you might try this:

$ch = curl_init('http://localhost/setc.php?userid=123&panelid=1');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
// get headers too with this line
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, '/tmp/cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, 'cookiename=cookievalue');
curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

edited Jan 15 '15 at 18:59

answered Jan 15 '15 at 07:01

gview

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what i meant is i cant create a simple cookie using CURL,, so i seeked help from u guys – Sho Gum Lew Jan 15 '15 at 07:18
I added the setopt for adding a cookie – gview Jan 15 '15 at 18:59
seems like php curl not working with cookies anymore after 2016, not sure – Wasim A. Nov 18 '18 at 09:12
The cookie jar requires an absolute path to the cookie file. You might want to try `realpath($cookie_jar_path)` – gview Nov 18 '18 at 18:44

score 6 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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Php Curl allows you to directly set the cookie Header, using:

curl_setopt($curlHandle,CURLOPT_COOKIE, $cookieString);

Where $cookieString holds semicolon separated key=value pairs of cookie data.

Please refer to this question: PHP Curl and setcookie problem

And be sure to thoroughly go through http://php.net/manual/en/function.curl-setopt.php

edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

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answered Jan 15 '15 at 06:57

Rohan

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thanks i understand $cookiestring.. can u please tell me what does $curlHandle,CURLOPT_COOKIE holds – Sho Gum Lew Jan 15 '15 at 07:21

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Jan 15 '15 at 07:01

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Try this:

curl_setopt($ch , CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch , CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, 'cookies.txt');

This will automatically create one cookies.txt

answered Jan 15 '15 at 07:01

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