I have a cookie with the following value:
2,3 personen klein,47.50,images/portfolio/portfolio-02.jpg,1|1,2 personen
kleurrijk,47.50,images/portfolio/portfolio-01.jpg,1|3,Sneeuwklokje,47.50,images/portfolio/portfolio-03.jpg,1
I get this value when i use:echo $_cookie['cart'];
The | is the delimiter for a new line and the , is the delimiter for a new value.
How can I put these values in an array so it becomes useable to echo parts of it, for example when I only want to echo the images. Hope you guys can give me some tips.
$array = explode("|", $_COOKIE['cart']);
foraech($array as & $element) {
$element = explode(",", $element);
}
// example - echo an image
echo $array[1][3]
but to be honest you should keep it in $_SESSION. you can store arrays, objects, long strings etc. there and user is not able to change its contents
Cookies are not good for storing complex data
Everyone can change their cookies manually and it can lead to security issues
There is limit 4096 bytes per one cookie
I totally agree with Peter.
Cookies are simple text files. Do not store any Data like the above in Cookies! You have a nice container with the $_SESSION. It's a global associative array, so you can store values like $_SESSION['cart'].
Put in there whatever u like!
Its more secure than a txt-file on the client's pc!
Read here about Sessions
$string = "2,3 personen klein,47.50,images/portfolio/portfolio-02.jpg,1|1,2 personen kleurrijk,47.50,images/portfolio/portfolio-01.jpg,1|3,Sneeuwklokje,47.50,images/portfolio/portfolio-03.jpg,1";
$lines = explode('|', $string);
$lines = array_map(function($a){
return explode(',', $a);
}, $lines);
print_R($lines);