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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] http_cookie_set and http_cookie_remove
From: rowan.collins@gmail.com (Rowan Collins)

On 18 July 2017 11:08:10 BST, Dan Ackroyd <danack@basereality=2Ecom> wrote:
>On 18 July 2017 at 00:22, Andreas Treichel <gmblar@gmail=2Ecom> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> i want some feedback, about the following idea before i write a rfc=2E
>>
>> =2E=2E=2E Most of them
>> are optional and extensions (e=2Eg=2E same-site) make it even more mess=
y=2E
>
>
>Two thoughts:
>
>i) Cookie functions are easily done in userland=2E
>
>ii) Adding more stuff to an already complicated thing isn't the way to
>make it simple=2E
>
>Or, to repeat myself: http://news=2Ephp=2Enet/php=2Einternals/90940
>
>
>> The problem is that you're trying to build on a foundation of sand=2E
>> The session handling works but is incredibly fragile=2E

I'm not sure why you're quoting that here; cookies and sessions are very d=
ifferent things, and there's no intrinsic reason why a cookie API needs to =
be complicated (even if the HTTP and JS ones are really horrible)=2E

I really like the sound of the proposal, including the separate remove fun=
ction - the HTTP specs may be stuck with the awkward implementation of "del=
ete by expiry", but there's no reason not to wrap that in something more me=
aningful to the user=2E

Regards,

--=20
Rowan Collins
[IMSoP]