(PHP Extension) Example: Http.SetCookieXml method

Demonstrates the SetCookieXml method.

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<?php

include("chilkat.php");

$success = false;

$http = new CkHttp();

$http->put_SaveCookies(true);
$http->put_CookieDir('c:/temp/cookie_cache');
// For this initial request, we are not sending cookies.
// We are starting a new (cookie) session and saving the cookies we receive.
$http->put_SendCookies(false);

// Do a request that establishes and saves cookies in files in the cookie directory.
$html = $http->quickGetStr('https://google.com/');

// Examine the LastResponseHeader to see the cookies that were received:
print $http->lastResponseHeader() . "\n";
print '----------------------------------' . "\n";

// We can see the following Set-Cookie response header fields:

// Set-Cookie: AEC=AVh_V2h-fsL2-****; expires=Mon, 23-Feb-2026 19:15:10 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; Secure; HttpOnly; SameSite=lax
// Set-Cookie: NID=525=XC_cL****Hn7-WONX; expires=Thu, 26-Feb-2026 19:15:10 GMT; path=/; domain=.google.com; HttpOnly

// The following file was created:  c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml

// Examine the cookies received in the above request.
print $http->getCookieXml('google.com') . "\n";
print '----------------------------------' . "\n";

// Sample output.

// <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
// <cookies>
//     <cookie key=".google.com,/,AEC" v="0" expire="Mon, 23-Feb-2026 19:05:20 GMT" secure="yes">
//         <AEC>AVh_V2gL8QzTdFGYq6_rS6ktBfqm8WNG3pzHxS2nTZD5i23dRBau2c4ZRA</AEC>
//     </cookie>
//     <cookie key=".google.com,/,NID" v="0" expire="Thu, 26-Feb-2026 19:05:20 GMT">
//         <NID>525=SuLcnaSkFqF4Jz_jLEq4kt_f3MY2Xro1VDoVzLKvp8XHcW2UHuLKJSr55iDeW0NiRIPXoAwJWF1-YNl29unX2xfhEWsS5BhbuK_2DXdD9cTOmn5BSENMhZasxeJ71mEP2PQRMXBndqnl41DhblC2jjdac_so4TESIll1B0GCVe9wRFjqI6DTZItRCj61BHmr1_RAQi0_jrh_ihn6KYtIFEY7</NID>
//     </cookie>
// </cookies>

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Let's say we want to continue with the session at some later time with a new HTTP object.
// One way to do it is to simply set the same cookie properties:
$httpB = new CkHttp();

$httpB->put_SaveCookies(true);
$httpB->put_CookieDir('c:/temp/cookie_cache');
$httpB->put_SendCookies(true);

// The cookies from the cache are sent.
$html = $httpB->quickGetStr('https://google.com/');

// Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
print $httpB->lastHeader() . "\n";
print '----------------------------------' . "\n";

// -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Another way to do it is to explicitly load the cookies from XML
// and set the cookies for the particular domain.

$httpC = new CkHttp();

$httpC->put_SaveCookies(true);
// Do not save cookies to files, just keep them in memory.
$httpC->put_CookieDir('memory');
$httpC->put_SendCookies(true);

$sbCookiesXml = new CkStringBuilder();
$success = $sbCookiesXml->LoadFile('c:/temp/cookie_cache/google_com.xml','utf-8');
if ($success == false) {
    print $sbCookiesXml->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$success = $httpC->SetCookieXml('google.com',$sbCookiesXml->getAsString());
if ($success == false) {
    print $httpC->lastErrorText() . "\n";
    exit;
}

$html = $httpC->quickGetStr('https://google.com/');

// Examine the LastHeader to see the contents of the Cookie header field.
print $httpC->lastHeader() . "\n";

?>