Sample 5.3 -- Test Cookie

The cookie is not set. Refresh the screen to set the cookie.

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<?php // The php code has to start at the very top of the page. // Since I cannot echo any text until after I set the cookie, // I will buffer text in the variable $html, then echo it to // the screen after I set the cookie. if ($myCookie=="") { // The cookie is not set, ask the user to set the cookie. $html="<p>The cookie is not set. Refresh the screen to set the cookie.</p>"; // I set the cookie with the value 1. setcookie("myCookie",1); } else { $html="The value of the cookie is $myCookie. Let's try adding one to the cookie. Press refresh."; setcookie("myCookie",$myCookie+1); } // now that I have set the cookie, I can begin echoing HTML. // I will print the HTML header, and put the value of $html into my header. echo "<html><head><title>Sample 5.3 -- Test Cookie</title></head>"; echo "<table align=center><tr><td>".$html."</td></tr></table>"; ?>
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<?php
// The php code has to start at the very top of the page.
// Since I cannot echo any text until after I set the cookie,
// I will buffer text in the variable $html, then echo it to
// the screen after I set the cookie.
if ($myCookie=="") {
  // The cookie is not set, ask the user to set the cookie.
  $html="<p>The cookie is not set. Refresh the screen to set the cookie.</p>";
  // I set the cookie with the value 1.
  setcookie("myCookie",1);
} else {
  $html="The value of the cookie is $myCookie. Let's try adding one to the cookie.
Press refresh.";
  setcookie("myCookie",$myCookie+1);
}
// now that I have set the cookie, I can begin echoing HTML.
// I will print the HTML header, and put the value of $html into my header.
echo "<html><head><title>Sample 5.3 -- Test Cookie</title></head>";
echo "<table align=center><tr><td>".$html."</td></tr></table>";
?>

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