Grab an array from a cookie without throwing errors?
| From: | Brian Dunning | Date: | Fri, 08 Oct 2004 15:43:58 +0000 |
| Subject: | Grab an array from a cookie without throwing errors? | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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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();
}
Produces:
Notice: Undefined index: bookmarks in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\palms\htdocs\bookmarks.php on line 5
Notice: unserialize() [function.unserialize]: Argument is not an string in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\palms\htdocs\bookmarks.php on line 5
Any suggestions on how I can do this without throwing notices? I'm aware that I can turn notices off but I like them kept on to help me with debugging.
- Brian