Webmaster in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition By Robert Eckstein, Stephen Spainhour
Table of Contents
Chapter 14. The CGI.pm Module
cookie
$cookie=$query->cookie(' name ')
Defines or retrieves a cookie. See also header .
name
Name of the cookie (required).
Using named parameters, the syntax is:
$cookie = $query->cookie(-name=>' name ', -value=>' value ', -expires=>' expcode ', -path=>' partial_url ', -domain=>' domain_name ', -secure=>1); print $query->header(-cookie=>$cookie);
-value=> 'value'
A value to assign to the cookie. You can supply a scalar value, or a reference to an array or hash. If omitted, a cookie is retrieved rather than defined.
-expires=> expcode
Specify an expiration timestamp (such as +3d for 3 days). Values for expcode are:
n s
n seconds
n m
n minutes
n h
n hours
n d
n days
n M
n months
n Y
n years
day_of_week , dd-MMM-YY hh:mm:ss GMT
At the specified time
now
Expire immediately.
-path=> 'partial_url'
The partial URL for which the cookie is valid. Default is the current URL.
