CookieComponent Class Info:

Class Declaration:

class CookieComponent extends Object

File name:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php
Description:

Cookie Component.

Cookie handling for the controller.

Class Inheritance

Object

Properties:

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  • domain string

    Domain path.

    The domain that the cookie is available.

    Overridden with the controller beforeFilter(); $this->Cookie->domain = '.example.com';

    To make the cookie available on all subdomains of example.com. Set $this->Cookie->domain = '.example.com'; in your controller beforeFilter

  • __expires string

    Expire time of the cookie

    This is controlled by CookieComponent::time;

  • key string

    Encryption key.

    Overridden with the controller beforeFilter(); $this->Cookie->key = 'SomeRandomString';

  • name string

    The name of the cookie.

    Overridden with the controller beforeFilter(); $this->Cookie->name = 'CookieName';

  • path string

    Cookie path.

    Overridden with the controller beforeFilter(); $this->Cookie->path = '/';

    The path on the server in which the cookie will be available on. If var $cookiePath is set to '/foo/', the cookie will only be available within the /foo/ directory and all sub-directories such as /foo/bar/ of domain. The default value is the entire domain.

  • __reset string

    Used to reset cookie time if $expire is passed to CookieComponent::write()

  • secure boolean

    Secure HTTPS only cookie.

    Overridden with the controller beforeFilter(); $this->Cookie->secure = true;

    Indicates that the cookie should only be transmitted over a secure HTTPS connection. When set to true, the cookie will only be set if a secure connection exists.

  • time mixed

    The time a cookie will remain valid.

    Can be either integer Unix timestamp or a date string.

    Overridden with the controller beforeFilter(); $this->Cookie->time = '5 Days';

  • __type string

    Type of encryption to use.

    Currently only one method is available Defaults to Security::cipher();

  • __values string

    Values stored in the cookie.

    Accessed in the controller using $this->Cookie->read('Name.key');

cakeError

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Used to report user friendly errors. If there is a file app/error.php or app/app_error.php this file will be loaded error.php is the AppError class it should extend ErrorHandler class.

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Method to be called in the error class (AppError or ErrorHandler classes)

  • array $messages optional array ( )

    Message that is to be displayed by the error class

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 187
Return

error message

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public

__construct

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Class constructor, overridden in descendant classes.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 54

__decrypt

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Decrypts $value using var $type method in Security class

Parameters:
  • array $values required

    Values to decrypt

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 410
Return

string decrypted string

Access

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__delete

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Sets a cookie expire time to remove cookie value

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name of cookie

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 380
Access

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delete

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Delete a cookie value

Optional [Name.], reguired key $this->Cookie->read('Name.key);

You must use this method before any output is sent to the browser. Failure to do so will result in header already sent errors.

Parameters:
  • string $key required

    Key of the value to be deleted

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 276
Return

void

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public

destroy

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Destroy current cookie

You must use this method before any output is sent to the browser. Failure to do so will result in header already sent errors.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 299
Return

void

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public

dispatchMethod

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Calls a method on this object with the given parameters. Provides an OO wrapper for call_user_func_array

Parameters:
  • string $method required

    Name of the method to call

  • array $params optional array ( )

    Parameter list to use when calling $method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 107
Return

mixed Returns the result of the method call

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__encrypt

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Encrypts $value using var $type method in Security class

Parameters:
  • string $value required

    Value to encrypt

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 391
Return

string encrypted string

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__expire

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Set the expire time for a session variable.

Creates a new expire time for a session variable. $expire can be either integer Unix timestamp or a date string.

Used by write() CookieComponent::write(string, string, boolean, 8400); CookieComponent::write(string, string, boolean, '5 Days');

Parameters:
  • mixed $expires optional NULL

    Can be either Unix timestamp, or date string

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 341
Return

int Unix timestamp

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__explode

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Explode method to return array from string set in CookieComponent::__implode()

Parameters:
  • string $string required

    String in the form key1|value1,key2|value2

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 460
Return

array Map of key and values

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__implode

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Implode method to keep keys are multidimensional arrays

Parameters:
  • array $array required

    Map of key and values

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 445
Return

string String in the form key1|value1,key2|value2

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initialize

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Main execution method.

Parameters:
  • object $controller required

    A reference to the instantiating controller object

  • $settings required

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 166
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log

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Convience method to write a message to CakeLog. See CakeLog::write() for more information on writing to logs.

Parameters:
  • string $msg required

    Log message

  • integer $type optional 2

    Error type constant. Defined in app/config/core.php.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 148
Return

boolean Success of log write

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Object

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A hack to support __construct() on PHP 4 Hint: descendant classes have no PHP4 class_name() constructors, so this constructor gets called first and calls the top-layer __construct() which (if present) should call parent::__construct()

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 43
Return

Object

__openPersistent

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Open the persistent class file for reading Used by Object::_persist()

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name of persisted class

  • string $type optional NULL

    Type of persistance (e.g: registry)

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 268
Return

void

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_persist

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Checks for a persistent class file, if found file is opened and true returned If file is not found a file is created and false returned If used in other locations of the model you should choose a unique name for the persistent file There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name of the class to persist

  • $return required

  • string $object required

    the object to persist

  • $type optional NULL

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 218
Return

boolean Success

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protected

Todo

add examples to manual

read

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Read the value of the $_COOKIE[$key];

Optional [Name.], reguired key $this->Cookie->read(Name.key);

Parameters:
  • mixed $key optional NULL

    Key of the value to be obtained. If none specified, obtain map key => values

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 240
Return

string or null, value for specified key

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requestAction

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Calls a controller's method from any location. Can be used to connect controllers together or tie plugins into a main application. requestAction can be used to return rendered views or fetch the return value from controller actions.

Parameters:
  • mixed $url required

    String or array-based url.

  • array $extra optional array ( )

    if array includes the key "return" it sets the AutoRender to true.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 80
Return

mixed Boolean true or false on success/failure, or contents of rendered action if 'return' is set in $extra.

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_savePersistent

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You should choose a unique name for the persistent file

There are many uses for this method, see manual for examples

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    name used for object to cache

  • object $object required

    the object to persist

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 247
Return

boolean true on save, throws error if file can not be created

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_set

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Allows setting of multiple properties of the object in a single line of code. Will only set properties that are part of a class declaration.

Parameters:
  • array $properties optional array ( )

    An associative array containing properties and corresponding values.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 166
Return

void

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startup

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Start CookieComponent for use in the controller

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 176
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_stop

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Stop execution of the current script. Wraps exit() making testing easier.

Parameters:
  • $status optional 0

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 135
Return

void

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public

toString

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Object-to-string conversion. Each class can override this method as necessary.

Method defined in:
cake/libs/object.php on line 64
Return

string The name of this class

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type

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Will allow overriding default encryption method.

Parameters:
  • string $type optional 'cipher'

    Encryption method

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 323
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public

Todo

NOT IMPLEMENTED

write

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Write a value to the $_COOKIE[$key];

Optional [Name.], reguired key, optional $value, optional $encrypt, optional $expires $this->Cookie->write('[Name.]key, $value);

By default all values are encrypted. You must pass $encrypt false to store values in clear test

You must use this method before any output is sent to the browser. Failure to do so will result in header already sent errors.

Parameters:
  • mixed $key required

    Key for the value

  • mixed $value optional NULL

    Value

  • boolean $encrypt optional true

    Set to true to encrypt value, false otherwise

  • string $expires optional NULL

    Can be either Unix timestamp, or date string

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 202
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__write

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Set cookie

Parameters:
  • string $name required

    Name for cookie

  • string $value required

    Value for cookie

Method defined in:
cake/libs/controller/components/cookie.php on line 365
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