How to deal with arrays of data in cookies
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Hi all,
I want to store data in a cookie and I am not exactly sure how I will go about it.
The data is the UserName, and Password values for the users that are logging into a website, e.g. sometime like this
UserName = bob, Password=Passw0rd1
UserName = harry, Password=BLANK
UserName = george, Password=R0jjd6s
What this means is that bob and george logged into the site and chose to have their password remembered, but harry chose for his password not to be remembered.
So on the login dialog a dropdown will be present with all the usernames in it 'bob', 'harry', 'george'. If they select the username bob the password will automatically be filled in, etc.
So how does that information need to be stored in the cookie? Like it is above, or does it have to be,
UserName1 = bob, Password1=Passw0rd1
UserName2 = harry, Password2=BLANK
UserName3 = george, Password3=R0jjd6s
Are the username and password values actually stored in the same cookie, or is each piece of data separate? Any information would be good.
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