Cookies plugin for Craft CMS 5.x

A simple plugin for setting and getting cookies from within Craft CMS templates.

Requirements

This plugin requires Craft CMS 5.0.0 or later.

Installation

1. Install with Composer via composer require nystudio107/craft-cookies from your project directory
2. Install the plugin via ./craft install/plugin cookies via the CLI -or- in the Craft Control Panel under Settings > Plugins

You can also install Cookies via the Plugin Store in the Craft Control Panel.

Setting cookies

All three of these methods accomplish the same thing:

    {# Set the cookie using 'setCookie' function #}
    {% do setCookie( NAME, VALUE, DURATION, PATH, DOMAIN, SECURE, HTTPONLY, SAMESITE) %}

    {# Set the cookie using 'setCookie' filter #}
    {% do NAME | setCookie( VALUE, DURATION, PATH, DOMAIN, SECURE, HTTPONLY, SAMESITE) %}

    {# Set the cookie using 'set' variable #}
    {% do craft.cookies.set( NAME, VALUE, DURATION, PATH, DOMAIN, SECURE, HTTPONLY, SAMESITE) %}

They all act as a wrapper for the PHP setcookie function. More info

All of the parameters except for NAME are optional. The PATH defaults to / if not specified. The SAMESITE should be either 'None’, 'Lax’ or 'Strict’.

(Note: SAMESITE only works for environments with PHP 7.3 and up)

Examples

    {% do setCookie('marvin', 'martian', now | date_modify("+1 hour").timestamp) %}
    {# Sets a cookie to expire in an hour. #}

    {% do 'marvin' | setCookie('martian', now | date_modify("+30 days").timestamp) %}
    {# Sets a cookie to expire in 30 days. #}

    {% do craft.cookies.set('marvin', 'martian', '', '/foo/' ) %}
    {# Cookie available within /foo/ directory and sub-directories. #}

Setting Secure cookies

All three of these methods accomplish the same thing:

    {# Set the cookie using 'setSecureCookie' function #}
    {% do setSecureCookie( NAME, VALUE, DURATION, PATH, DOMAIN, SECURE, HTTPONLY, SAMESITE) %}

    {# Set the cookie using 'setSecureCookie' filter #}
    {% do NAME | setSecureCookie( VALUE, DURATION, PATH, DOMAIN, SECURE, HTTPONLY, SAMESITE) %}

    {# Set the cookie using 'setSecure' variable #}
    {% do craft.cookies.setSecure( NAME, VALUE, DURATION, PATH, DOMAIN, SECURE, HTTPONLY, SAMESITE) %}

This function works the same as setCookie but instead of using the PHP setcookie function, it uses the Craft::$app->getResponse()->getCookies()->add to add the cookies via Craft. It also uses craft->security framework to encrypt and validate the cookie contents between requests.

All of the parameters except for NAME are optional. The PATH defaults to / if not specified. The SAMESITE should be either 'None’, 'Lax’ or 'Strict’.

(Note: SAMESITE only works for environments with PHP 7.3 and up)

Examples

    {% do setSecureCookie('marvin', 'martian', now | date_modify("+1 hour").timestamp) %}
    {# Sets a cookie to expire in an hour. #}

    {% do 'marvin' | setSecureCookie('martian', now | date_modify("+30 days").timestamp) %}
    {# Sets a cookie to expire in 30 days. #}

    {% do craft.cookies.setSecure('marvin', 'martian', '', '/foo/' ) %}
    {# Cookie available within /foo/ directory and sub-directories. #}

Retrieving cookies

Both of these methods accomplish the same thing:

    {# Get the cookie using 'getCookie' function #}
    {% do getCookie( NAME ) %}

    {# Get the cookie using 'get' variable #}
    {% do craft.cookies.get( NAME ) %}

Example

    {% do getCookie('marvin') %}
    {# Get the cookie using 'getCookie' function #}

    {% do craft.cookies.get('marvin') %}
    {# Get the cookie using 'get' variable #}

    {% if getCookie('marvin') %}
        {% set myCookie = getCookie('marvin') %}
        {{ myCookie }}
    {% endif %}

Retrieving Secure cookies

Both of these methods accomplish the same thing:

    {# Get the cookie using 'getSecureCookie' function #}
    {% do getSecureCookie( NAME ) %}

    {# Get the cookie using 'getSecure' variable #}
    {% do craft.cookies.getSecure( NAME ) %}

Example

    {% do getSecureCookie('marvin') %}
    {# Get the cookie using 'getSecureCookie' function #}

    {% do craft.cookies.getSecure('marvin') %}
    {# Get the cookie using 'getSecure' variable #}

    {% if getSecureCookie('marvin') %}
        {% set myCookie = getSecureCookie('marvin') %}
        {{ myCookie }}
    {% endif %}

This function works the same as getCookie but it uses Craft::$app->getRequest()->getCookie() to retrieve the cookies via Craft. It also uses craft->security framework to decrypt and validate the cookie contents between requests.

Deleting cookies

All three of these methods accomplish the same thing:

    {# Delete a cookie by passing no VALUE to 'setCookie' function #}
    {% do setCookie( NAME ) %}

    {# Delete a cookie by passing no VALUE to 'setCookie' filter #}
    {% do NAME | setCookie() %}

    {# Delete a cookie by passing no VALUE to 'set' variable #}
    {% do craft.cookies.set( NAME ) %}

Deleting Secure cookies

All three of these methods accomplish the same thing:

    {# Delete a cookie by passing no VALUE to 'setSecureCookie' function #}
    {% do setSecureCookie( NAME ) %}

    {# Delete a cookie by passing no VALUE to 'setSecureCookie' filter #}
    {% do NAME | setSecureCookie() %}

    {# Delete a cookie by passing no VALUE to 'setSecure' variable #}
    {% do craft.cookies.setSecure( NAME ) %}

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