Secure Cookies?

[Hitman]

Hm, would doing a sort of cms feature be better with cookies then sessions?

And are there secure cookies, I've seen many unsecure ways...

Can somebody post info on how to make, delete and see if a cookie is present. Like, there's a page 'members only'. The members will have the cookie, if they have it they can view the page, if they don't they will receive an error message. How are they secure aswell...?

+REP to decent answers.

[MrCraig]

Set cookie


ob_start();
setcookie("CookieName","Value (Username or something)",time()+3600);


Display Cookie


ob_start();
echo($_COOKIE["CookieName"]);


Members Only page


ob_start();
if(!isset($_COOKIE["CookieName"]))
die("Members Only access!");


Unset Cookie


ob_start();
setcookie("CookieName","",time()-3600);

[Hitman]

I've got sessions working now, less code and much better IMO! :D

[Beau]

Yeah, use sessions. Much more secure than cookies.

[RichardKnox]

Encode the cookies using base_64?

[Hitman]

Encode the cookies using base_64?It's easier to use sessions I'd say, they're clear and are secure. :D