PHP scripts and programs for Beginner to Master

You might be searching for how to set a cookie in php. So here is a simple example which shows how to set a cookie.

To set a cookie use the function "setcookie"

Note that the value portion of the cookie will automatically be urlencoded when you send the cookie, and when it is received, it is automatically decoded and assigned to a variable by the same name as the cookie name.

This function accepts different number of arguments or parameters. You can see the php reference manual of setcookie function here for more details.

In the following example we are passing 3 parameters
1) cookie name - its the name by which cookie will be identified.
2) cookie value - its the value stored in cookie.
3) expiration time - the time till the cookie will be available, after that it will be destroyed.

<br /><?php setcookie( "cookiename", "cookievalue", time()+3600); ?><br />

You can set the cookie by using above function.
more details can be found here for more details.