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Asked: 2026-05-17T17:16:03+00:00

I would like to login to a site, so the first time I request

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I would like to login to a site, so the first time I request a page, it redirects me to another page setting the cookies.

I am following a tutorial where they specify doing this

$cookie = '/tmp/cookies.txt';
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIE, $cookie);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, $cookie);

But when i check http live headers, the server passes cookie information to set my cookies.
But i don’t see it doing anything. When I examine the cookies, those values aren’t there.

So do I have to specify another path for $cookie?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You’ve to use CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE for sending cookies instead of CURLOPT_COOKIE.

    From the docs for function curl_setopt():

    CURLOPT_COOKIE

    The contents of the “Cookie: ” header to be used in the HTTP request. Note that multiple cookies are separated with a semicolon followed by a space (e.g., “fruit=apple; colour=red”)

    CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE

    The name of the file containing the cookie data. The cookie file can be in Netscape format, or just plain HTTP-style headers dumped into a file.

    CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR

    The name of a file to save all internal cookies to when the handle is closed, e.g. after a call to curl_close.

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