Get specific data from string

Question

I want to get the following data "PHPSESSID" from this script in a string:

<?php    
file_get_contents('https://www.bedandbreakfast.nl/?page=ajaxcb&do=updateBookingIntent&arrival=2015-08-22&departure=2015-08-23&src=booking_arrival');

$cookies = array();
foreach ($http_response_header as $hdr) {
    if (preg_match('/^Set-Cookie:\s*([^;]+)/', $hdr, $matches)) {
        parse_str($matches[1], $tmp);
        $cookies += $tmp;
    }
}
print_r($cookies);
?>

I tried to run this script, only that wasn't working...

echo $cookies[PHPSESSID];

String: `$data = "Array ( [PHPSESSID] => infodata)";` array: `$data = Array ( "PHPSESSID" => "infodata");` — Rizier123, Aug 15 '15 at 15:28
To give something of an answer to the question: if you want to access an array, it would be helpful if you actually had an array to start with. — Niet the Dark Absol, Aug 15 '15 at 15:29
Your code makes no sense. You don't assign the return value of `file_get_contents()` nowhere. — Rizier123, Aug 15 '15 at 15:37
@Rizier123: Your dupehammer is a privilege. Please don't abuse it. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Aug 15 '15 at 16:03
And what is `$http_response_header`? This code is indeed complete nonsense. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Aug 15 '15 at 16:04
@LightnessRacesinOrbit In OP's first revision he just asked how to access an array element and my dupe **exactly** showed how to do that! At this point he also showed a **real** array and not a string. — Rizier123, Aug 15 '15 at 16:09
@Rizier123: Er, granted, the OP has _completely_ changed the question. WTF. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Aug 15 '15 at 16:12
@LightnessRacesinOrbit How should I know that he will change his question completely 2 times after I closed it with the dupe? — Rizier123, Aug 15 '15 at 16:17
So do we make any progress with this question? 1) Where does `$http_response_header` come from? 2) What is the **exact** output of: `print_r($cookies);` ? 3) Do you get any errors?(Turn error reporting on: ``) 4) What do you get with: `echo $cookies[PHPSESSID];` 4.1) Is `PHPSESSID` really a constant or should it be a string? — Rizier123, Aug 15 '15 at 16:33
@Rizier123: You can't. That's why I said "granted". OP's a loon. — Lightness Races in Orbit, Aug 15 '15 at 16:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 15 '15 at 21:06

This one works:

file_get_contents('https://www.bedandbreakfast.nl/?page=ajaxcb&do=updateBookingIntent&arrival=2015-08-22&departure=2015-08-23&src=booking_arrival');
foreach ($http_response_header as $header) {
    if (substr($header, 0, 21) == 'Set-Cookie: PHPSESSID') {
        preg_match('/=([a-z0-9]+);/', $header, $matches);
        $sessionId = $matches[1];
        echo $sessionId;
    }
}

Get specific data from string

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