dsdsdsdsd Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 hello; it seems strange that php can set cookies, since php is on the serer-side, but the cookies are on the client-side ... is there something that I am missing? Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/223687-why-use-php-for-cookies/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pikachu2000 Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 Cookies are set via an HTTP header, and those headers are generated server-side. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/223687-why-use-php-for-cookies/#findComment-1156263 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 hello; it seems strange that php can set cookies, since php is on the serer-side, but the cookies are on the client-side ... is there something that I am missing? If you haven't, read this: http://php.net/manual/en/features.cookies.php Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/223687-why-use-php-for-cookies/#findComment-1156270 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsdsdsdsd Posted January 7, 2011 Author Share Posted January 7, 2011 so, basically, when I call page: step 1 - my browser identifies the domain to which I am calling, step 2 - looks for any cookies on my system that belong to that domain step 3 - adds the cookie data to the request object step 4 - sends the request to the server Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/223687-why-use-php-for-cookies/#findComment-1156274 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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