silverstripe-framework/docs/en/02_Developer_Guides/18_Cookies_And_Sessions/01_Cookies.md

title: Cookies summary: A set of static methods for manipulating PHP cookies.

Cookies

Cookies are a mechanism for storing data in the remote browser and thus tracking or identifying return users. SilverStripe uses cookies for remembering users preferences. Application code can modify a users cookies through the [api:Cookie] class. This class mostly follows the PHP API.

set

Sets the value of cookie with configuration.

:::php
Cookie::set($name, $value, $expiry = 90, $path = null, $domain = null, $secure = false, $httpOnly = false);

// Cookie::set('MyApplicationPreference', 'Yes');

get

Returns the value of cookie.

:::php
Cookie::get($name);

// Cookie::get('MyApplicationPreference');
// returns 'Yes'

force_expiry

Clears a given cookie.

:::php
Cookie::force_expiry($name, $path = null, $domain = null);

// Cookie::force_expiry('MyApplicationPreference')

API Documentation

• [api:Cookie]