Question

I am using cookie helper in cakephp and i am using following code for accessing the value of cookie variable

$this->Cookie->write('testvar','testvalue');

I have made a helper class when i try to get the value of this cookie variable vid a following

$this->Cookie->read('testvar');

It produces an error(Call to a member function read() on a non-object).
Is there any other method by which i can access the cookie variable in helper.Although i can try the $_Cookie (server variable).

Answer 1

Your helper should looks like:

<?php
App::uses('AppHelper', 'View/Helper');
App::uses('CakeSession', 'Model/Datasource');
class MyCookieHelper extends AppHelper 
{
         public function writeCookie($name, $value = null) 
         {
               return CakeSession::write($name, $value);
         }
         public function readCookie($name)
         {
               return CakeSession::read($name);
         }
}

You can use it in your view like:

$this->MyCookie->readCookie($cookie_var_name);

Don’t forget to include MyCookie helper in your controller;

public $components = array('MyCookie');