Semi-Complex Cookie

Cookies are used to store viewer information from visit to visit or during a single visit.  The viewer has the option to disable cookies without regard to a website's requirements.  Using cookies thus requires that the viewer's browser be cookie enabled.  If cookies can not be used from session to session then the fall back position is to record user information in a server-side database.

Cookies can be set to expire (be deleted from the user's computer) immediately or for a specific day/time in the future.

Semi-Complex cookies involve using programming techniques to capture information as opposed to having the user provide information.  The following cookie usage will display the date and time you accessed this page and then store that information in a cookie.  The "next page" simply reads the cookie and displays the same date and time.

Semi-Complex Cookie

Oops, you didn't start with the Simple Cookie example.  If you had there would be a personal message to you displayed here.

Today's Date = 5/20/2024

Time you accessed this page on the server = 12:17:34 AM

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