How to retrieve this cookie value

Hi guys,
I would ask question directly. When a user log in I setup these values.

$_SESSION['name']     = $user['name'];

$cookie_time = (3600 * 24 * 15); // 15 days
setcookie ("name", $_SESSION['name'], time() + $cookie_time);

Code (markup):

The $_SESSION['name'] works as expected. But when I close a browser without logout. The next day I revisit my site and expect the cookie should work, but it's not working.

The code I use to retrieve the cookie value is:

$name = $_SESSION['name'] || $_COOKIE['name'];

Code (markup):

What's wrong with this?

How do I retrieve the cookie?
Thank you.

 

replace the line with the following:

$name = (!empty($_SESSION['name'])) ? $_SESSION['name'] : ((isset($_COOKIE['name']) ? $_COOKIE['name'] : '');

Code (markup):

That should make it collect the cookie if the session isn't set

 

Thanks @PoPSiCLe

It works.

Can you tell me where can I learn this coding style of a ? a : b ? b from.
What is it called?

 

Okay. It is called shorthand if/else here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18474559/php-shorthand-if-else-when-using-return

 

http://davidwalsh.name/php-shorthand-if-else-ternary-operators has more information about it.

[edit] apparently .name domains don't auto link.

 

It's known as a ternary operator, or a ternary statement, as mention in the above post. It's a shorthand way to express very simple structures (like most if/else-statements), and can also be nested (although it's not really recommended).