alternative:
<?php
function cookie_parse( $header ) {
$cookies = array();
foreach( $header as $line ) {
if( preg_match( '/^Set-Cookie: /i', $line ) ) {
$line = preg_replace( '/^Set-Cookie: /i', '', trim( $line ) );
$csplit = explode( ';', $line );
$cdata = array();
foreach( $csplit as $data ) {
$cinfo = explode( '=', $data );
$cinfo[0] = trim( $cinfo[0] );
if( $cinfo[0] == 'expires' ) $cinfo[1] = strtotime( $cinfo[1] );
if( $cinfo[0] == 'secure' ) $cinfo[1] = "true";
if( in_array( $cinfo[0], array( 'domain', 'expires', 'path', 'secure', 'comment' ) ) ) {
$cdata[trim( $cinfo[0] )] = $cinfo[1];
}
else {
$cdata['value']['key'] = $cinfo[0];
$cdata['value']['value'] = $cinfo[1];
}
}
$cookies[] = $cdata;
}
}
return $cookies;
}
function cookie_build( $data ) {
if( is_array( $data ) ) {
$cookie = '';
foreach( $data as $d ) {
$cookie[] = $d['value']['key'].'='.$d['value']['value'];
}
if( count( $cookie ) > 0 ) {
return trim( implode( '; ', $cookie ) );
}
}
return false;
}
?>
(http://www.seo-blackhat.com/article/the-cookie-backer-php.html)