Gossamer Forum: General: Perl Programming: perl programming

Feb 20, 2003, 1:01 AM

priya

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Feb 20, 2003, 1:01 AM

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can any tell me how to use cookies in perl[cool]

Feb 20, 2003, 1:43 AM

Andy

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Feb 20, 2003, 1:43 AM

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Basically to set a cookie;

Code:
     my $cookie = $IN->cookie( -name => 'CookieName', -value => "whatever value of variable here", -path => '/', -expires => '+1y' );  

    # save the cookie... 
     print $IN->header( -cookie => $cookie );

And to read, something like;

Code:
     my $cut_up = $IN->cookie('CookieName');

Thats pretty much the simplest terms to put it in Smile

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Feb 20, 2003, 2:13 AM

Paul

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Feb 20, 2003, 2:13 AM

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Btw - about two forums up from here is a perl forum which is where you needed to post this question :)

Feb 20, 2003, 2:25 AM

Wil

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Feb 20, 2003, 2:25 AM

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Hi Andy

While you're example is appreciated, I think it would be a good idea to note how one would actually populate $IN in your example and it's correlation to your snippet.

- wil

Feb 20, 2003, 2:29 AM

Paul

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Feb 20, 2003, 2:29 AM

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See the CGI.pm docs for complete documentation.

http://stein.cshl.org/...oftware/CGI/#cookies

or simpler:

http://www.cs.unc.edu/...omp117_6/tsld017.htm

Feb 20, 2003, 2:30 AM

Andy

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