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Aug 15.2011

Hi, I am storing a json array in a cookie.

I later want to reassemble this array.

The json value in the cookie looks like this:

{“path”:”/home/stuff/”,”params”:[]}

When i try to use json_decode($_COOKIE[‘my_cookie’]) it returns nothing.

However, if i echo out the cookie value and then manaully paste it into the json_decode() surrounded by double quotes, it parses it fine.

Can anyone help me figure out why? I’ve tried used (string) before the cookie value.

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@coldscooterauthorAug 15.2011 — I figured out it was caused by my server having get_magic_quotes_gpc() enabled.

I fixed it by using: stripslashes($_COOKIE['cookie_name'])

Or if you have alternating server configs, you can use:

if (get_magic_quotes_gpc()) {

$some_array = stripslashes($_COOKIE['cookie_name']);

}
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