How to use cookies in HTML website

Question

I have 2 files: first website.html and the second is php.php

In php I have a function that gets cookie from website.html

How can I print the content that was insert in the form below that form without riderecting to php.php

*how can I use data that is stored in the cookie in the HTML website using only php and html

you can read the cookie by javascript see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5639346/shortest-function-for-reading-a-cookie-in-javascript — Satish Sharma, May 20 '14 at 10:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 20 '14 at 10:12

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Given some reasonable assumptions: You can't.

HTML is not a programming language and has no way to access cookies or add them to the DOM.

The sensible thing to do is to use PHP. This is most easily achieved by using a .php file instead of a .html file (although you can configure your server to parse .html for PHP directives).

You could also use JavaScript (so long as you didn't set the cookie to be http_only, which is usually a sensible thing to do).

answered May 20 '14 at 10:12

Quentin

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So what you're suggesting is to change my index.html and all my other html files to .php? – user3601643 May 20 '14 at 11:09
Yes. Most websites using PHP use it for all their pages. – Quentin May 20 '14 at 11:10

score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:27

You can read the cookie form javascript in html page.

Read Cookie by Name (JS)

function readCookie(name) {
    name += '=';
    for (var ca = document.cookie.split(/;\s*/), i = ca.length - 1; i >= 0; i--)
        if (!ca[i].indexOf(name))
            return ca[i].replace(name, '');
}

Read Cookie by Name (Jquery)

(function(){
    var cookies;

    function readCookie(name,c,C,i){
        if(cookies){ return cookies[name]; }

        c = document.cookie.split('; ');
        cookies = {};

        for(i=c.length-1; i>=0; i--){
           C = c[i].split('=');
           cookies[C[0]] = C[1];
        }

        return cookies[name];
    }

    window.readCookie = readCookie; // or expose it however you want
})();

Reference :

What is the shortest function for reading a cookie by name in JavaScript?

How to use cookies in HTML website

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