PHP Retrieve Cookie which was not set with setcookie

Question

I have the following problem - a third party software is setting a cookie with the login credentials and then forward the user to my app. I now need to retrieve the cookie values:

The problem is - I can do this easily in the Frontend/AS3 with

var ticket : String = CookieUtil.getCookie( 'ticket' ).toString();

but in PHP, the cookie is not within the $_COOKIES array.

The cookie values are:

Name: ticket
Domain: .myserver.com
Path : /
Send for: encrypted connections only
Expires: at end of session

The one I see, and set before in PHP, is:

Name: myCookie
Host: myserver.com
Path : /
Send for: any type of connection
Expires: at end of session

Actually, since host/domain are both the same, it should be visible in the PHP script, since it is running on this domain.

Any thoughts? Thankx

Martin

Answer 1

Could this be domain sub domain issue? I mean www.myserver.com is not 'under' .www.myserver.com ... ?

The cookie should have the domain set to ".myserver.com"

Currently the only way to get this cookie is to have a script living under ".www.myserver.com" like "app.www.myserver.com"

EDIT: The OP had a typo. But are cookies with domain "myserver.com" members of ".myserver.com" ?

Answer 2

Any thoughts?

Actually, cookie is not a text file. But merely HTTP header.
So, to see a real cookie, one must watch HTTP interchange log, not the files on the client PC.
I am sure watching HTTP log would bring some light on the situation. It can be dome in many ways, LiveHTTPheaders mozilla addon for example.

Both Cookie and Set-Cookie headers are to count.

Answer 3

I don't know if this can be useful for you but, the PHP manual (cookie section) states:

Any cookies sent to you from the client will automatically be included into a $_COOKIE auto-global array if variables_order contains "C".

You should check the php config variables_order directive in order to be shure the Cookie flag is set.

Answer 4

ahahah got it! $_COOKIE not $_COOKIES :)

get a habit to program in PHP with error_reporting(E_ALL) reporting level, to avoid such a silly mistakes