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pinga/cookie
============

Modern cookie management for PHP

v0.2(3y ago)06142[1 issues](https://github.com/getpinga/cookie/issues)2MITPHPPHP >=8.1.0

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Pinga Cookie
============

[](#pinga-cookie)

Modern cookie management for PHP

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1.0+

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. Include the library via Composer [\[?\]](https://github.com/delight-im/Knowledge/blob/master/Composer%20(PHP).md):

    ```
    $ composer require pinga/cookie

    ```
2. Include the Composer autoloader:

    ```
    require __DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php';
    ```

Upgrading
---------

[](#upgrading)

Migrating from an earlier version of this project? See our [upgrade guide](Migration.md) for help.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Static method

[](#static-method)

This library provides a static method that is compatible to PHP’s built-in `setcookie(...)` function but includes support for more recent features such as the `SameSite` attribute:

```
\Delight\Cookie\Cookie::setcookie('SID', '31d4d96e407aad42');
// or
\Delight\Cookie\Cookie::setcookie('SID', '31d4d96e407aad42', time() + 3600, '/~rasmus/', 'example.com', true, true, 'Lax');
```

### Builder pattern

[](#builder-pattern)

Instances of the `Cookie` class let you build a cookie conveniently by setting individual properties. This class uses reasonable defaults that may differ from defaults of the `setcookie` function.

```
$cookie = new \Delight\Cookie\Cookie('SID');
$cookie->setValue('31d4d96e407aad42');
$cookie->setMaxAge(60 * 60 * 24);
// $cookie->setExpiryTime(time() + 60 * 60 * 24);
$cookie->setPath('/~rasmus/');
$cookie->setDomain('example.com');
$cookie->setHttpOnly(true);
$cookie->setSecureOnly(true);
$cookie->setSameSiteRestriction('Strict');

// echo $cookie;
// or
$cookie->save();
// or
// $cookie->saveAndSet();
```

The method calls can also be chained:

```
(new \Delight\Cookie\Cookie('SID'))->setValue('31d4d96e407aad42')->setMaxAge(60 * 60 * 24)->setSameSiteRestriction('None')->save();
```

A cookie can later be deleted simply like this:

```
$cookie->delete();
// or
$cookie->deleteAndUnset();
```

**Note:** For the deletion to work, the cookie must have the same settings as the cookie that was originally saved – except for its value, which doesn’t need to be set. So you should remember to pass appropriate values to `setPath(...)`, `setDomain(...)`, `setHttpOnly(...)` and `setSecureOnly(...)` again.

### Reading cookies

[](#reading-cookies)

- Checking whether a cookie exists:

    ```
    \Delight\Cookie\Cookie::exists('first_visit');
    ```
- Reading a cookie’s value (with optional default value):

    ```
    \Delight\Cookie\Cookie::get('first_visit');
    // or
    \Delight\Cookie\Cookie::get('first_visit', \time());
    ```

### Managing sessions

[](#managing-sessions)

Using the `Session` class, you can start and resume sessions in a way that is compatible to PHP’s built-in `session_start()` function, while having access to the improved cookie handling from this library as well:

```
// start session and have session cookie with 'lax' same-site restriction
\Delight\Cookie\Session::start();
// or
\Delight\Cookie\Session::start('Lax');

// start session and have session cookie with 'strict' same-site restriction
\Delight\Cookie\Session::start('Strict');

// start session and have session cookie without any same-site restriction
\Delight\Cookie\Session::start(null);
// or
\Delight\Cookie\Session::start('None'); // Chrome 80+
```

All three calls respect the settings from PHP’s `session_set_cookie_params(...)` function and the configuration options `session.name`, `session.cookie_lifetime`, `session.cookie_path`, `session.cookie_domain`, `session.cookie_secure`, `session.cookie_httponly` and `session.use_cookies`.

Likewise, replacements for

```
session_regenerate_id();
// and
session_regenerate_id(true);
```

are available via

```
\Delight\Cookie\Session::regenerate();
// and
\Delight\Cookie\Session::regenerate(true);
```

if you want protection against session fixation attacks that comes with improved cookie handling.

Additionally, access to the current internal session ID is provided via

```
\Delight\Cookie\Session::id();
```

as a replacement for

```
session_id();
```

### Reading and writing session data

[](#reading-and-writing-session-data)

- Read a value from the session (with optional default value):

    ```
    $value = \Delight\Cookie\Session::get($key);
    // or
    $value = \Delight\Cookie\Session::get($key, $defaultValue);
    ```
- Write a value to the session:

    ```
    \Delight\Cookie\Session::set($key, $value);
    ```
- Check whether a value exists in the session:

    ```
    if (\Delight\Cookie\Session::has($key)) {
        // ...
    }
    ```
- Remove a value from the session:

    ```
    \Delight\Cookie\Session::delete($key);
    ```
- Read *and then* immediately remove a value from the session:

    ```
    $value = \Delight\Cookie\Session::take($key);
    $value = \Delight\Cookie\Session::take($key, $defaultValue);
    ```

    This is often useful for flash messages, e.g. in combination with the `has(...)` method.

### Parsing cookies

[](#parsing-cookies)

```
$cookieHeader = 'Set-Cookie: test=php.net; expires=Thu, 09-Jun-2016 16:30:32 GMT; Max-Age=3600; path=/~rasmus/; secure';
$cookieInstance = \Delight\Cookie\Cookie::parse($cookieHeader);
```

Specifications
--------------

[](#specifications)

- [RFC 2109](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2109)
- [RFC 6265](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6265)
- [Same-site Cookies](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-rfc6265bis-04) (formerly [2016-06-20](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-cookie-same-site-00) and [2016-04-06](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-west-first-party-cookies-07))
    - [Amendment](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-west-cookie-incrementalism-00): [Default to `Lax`](https://chromestatus.com/feature/5088147346030592) and [require `secure` attribute for `None`](https://chromestatus.com/feature/5633521622188032) (Note: There are [incompatible clients](https://www.chromium.org/updates/same-site/incompatible-clients))

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

All contributions are welcome! If you wish to contribute, please create an issue first so that your feature, problem or question can be discussed.

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is licensed under the terms of the [MIT License](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT).

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity45

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 82.2% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~40 days

Total

2

Last Release

1166d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f8f87416e80fdfb906a1e9d206c9a20584ae27bdd20815170b69efd49e8e9436?d=identicon)[getpinga](/maintainers/getpinga)

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Top Contributors

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