[SOLVED]Keeping Cookie after browser and computer restart?

Yii 2.0 General Discussions
1

How do I keep the cookie after the browser or even the computer restart?

I somehow is able to keep it even after I logout my user.

But i want to keep the value even after the browser or even the computer is closed and restarted.

Is it possible?

I’m not keeping any sensitive information, and I wanna keep it on client-side.

And all those information would be re-validated on server again before re-use.

Is it suppose to be done automatically and just somehow my code doesn’t work that way?

Or am I missing something?

The code I use




// adding the cookie

$cookie = ['data1'=>'testing', 'data2'=>'test again'];

\Yii::$app->response->cookies->add(new \yii\web\Cookie(['name'=>'someKey', 'value'=>$cookie]));


// ...


//removing the cookie (only trigger if clicked a button provided)

\Yii::$app->response->cookies->remove('someKey');
2

You are missing the expire property!

http://www.yiiframework.com/doc-2.0/yii-web-cookie.html#$expire-detail

3

Thanks.

Missed that earlier.

But somehow, when I print the cookie object, the expire value is not show even after the result turns out as expected.




// adding the cookie

$cookie = ['data1'=>'testing', 'data2'=>'test again'];

\Yii::$app->response->cookies->add(

    new \yii\web\Cookie([

        'name'=>'someKey',

        'value'=>$cookie,

        'expire'=>(time() + (60*60*24*30))

    ])

);


// trying to print the cookie on view

<pre>

<?php $cookie = \Yii::$app->request->cookies->get('someKey'); ?>

<?=print_r($cookie)?>

</pre>


// the result

yii\web\Cookie Object

(

    [name] => someKey

    [value] => Array

        (

            [data1] => testing

            [data2] => test again

        )

    [domain] =>

    [expire] =>

    [path] => /

    [secure] =>

    [httpOnly] => 1

)

Although my earlier problem is solved. This is just a minor follow up question, I believe I won’t change my code for this part anymore anyway.

Is the expire attribute suppose to not be shown there?

But I believe the expire does works, because they cookie stay and is accessible even after I restart the browser now.

4

Use your browser to see what cookies have been set for which domain, and examine them.

You should be able to see the expiration date-time there. :)