Managing cookies with PHP

This maybe a newbie question.

Basically I need to know how to use php to login to a site and manage the session. Usually a site will set cookies for this so I need to know how to manage those cookies.
I'm sure its simple i just dont know how to do it yet and coulnd't find the right infos online.

Thanks

 

You don't need to deal with cookies if you want to use a session, the PHP $_SESSION takes care of everything for you.

//page1.php

session_start();  // start using a session

$_SESSION['myVar'] = 'Hello World!';  // set something in your session

PHP:

//page2.php

session_start();  // start using a session

if(isset($_SESSION['myVar'])){
   print $_SESSION['myVar'];  // will print your Hello World!
}else{
   print 'Ohh boy, I don\'t see my session variable';
}

PHP:

Simple as apple pie.

Basically, on any page you want to use session data you need to first start the session by using session_start(), after that you simply set/get your session data from the $_SESSION array.

 

Sorry my question wasn't clear, i need to use PHP to log into a REMOTE site (not managed by me) to automate some tasks.

 

Anyone to point me in the right direction?

 

Try looking at the CURL library.

http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.curl.php

CURL can basically emulate a browser and handle cookies (among other things).