Using a Cookie

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Array of key-value pairs

The PHP server has a built-in mechanism that takes the Cookie header from the request, processes its contents, and produces a nice array of key/value pairs. The array is a superglobal variable, just like $_GET and $_POST. This one is called $_COOKIE.

Let’s use the name cookie in random.php to personalize the page a bit:

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