Re: Grab an array from a cookie without throwing errors?

[John Nichel <john@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Brian Dunning wrote:
> I've got a cookie that's either non-existent or a serialized array. I'm 
> trying all sorts of different code combinations to retrieve it into an 
> array variable, but everything I try throws up some combination of 
> notices and/or warnings. Here is my latest & greatest:
>
> $cookie = $_COOKIE['bookmarks'];
> if(unserialize($cookie) == true) {
>     $bookmarks = unserialize($cookie);
> } else {
>     $bookmarks = array();
> }

Use isset

if ( isset ( $_COOKIE['bookmarks'] ) && unserialize ( 
$_COOKIE['bookmarks'] ) ) {
	$bookmarks = unserialize ( $_COOKIE['bookmarks'] );
} else {
	$bookmarks = array();
}

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John C. Nichel
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716.856.9675
john@xxxxxxxxxxxx

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