PHP Server Variables

Are these available PHP $_SERVER variables

[MickeyRoush]

Ok, first off I'm a noob when it comes to PHP.

I'm just trying to find out if these are available server variables to PHP.

I've seen this link here:
[php.net...]

and I was wondering if most of the server variables in mod_rewrite were also available.
[httpd.apache.org...]

Two especially.

1. THE_REQUEST
2. HTTP_COOKIE

So for PHP:
1. $_SERVER['THE_REQUEST']
2. $_SERVER['HTTP_COOKIE']

I've seen $_SERVER['HTTP_COOKIE'] being used, so I was wondering if $_SERVER['THE_REQUEST'] could be used. These are for a security script that I'm working on.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[SteveWh]

When I run phpinfo(), I see an entry for _SERVER["HTTP_COOKIE"], so it exists. _SERVER['THE_REQUEST'] is not there, but it looks like you could replicate it manually using something like this:

$_SERVER["REQUEST_METHOD"] . " " .
$_SERVER["REQUEST_URI"] . " " .
$_SERVER["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]

It appears there are also equivalent values in the array of $_ENV[] variables.

Depending on how you want to see the cookie data, you might find the $_COOKIE[] array useful.

[rocknbil]

Environment variables are available to any server site language; they come from the underlying server software, where it's 'nix, windows, or whatever-based.

PHP:
$_SERVER['THE_REQUEST']
$_SERVER['HTTP_COOKIE']

Perl

$ENV{'THE_REQUEST'}
$ENV{'HTTP_COOKIE'}

ASP/.NET
Request.ServerVariables("THE_REQUEST")
Request.ServerVariables("HTTP_COOKIE")

in a mod_rewrite/.htaccess context:

%{THE_REQUEST}
%{HTTP_COOKIE}

AFAIK HTTP_COOKIE will **only** be available if a cookie (or cookies) has been set for the domain you're currently on. Sometimes this cookie is set by server software, whether you're doing it in your programming or not, and can be a session or persistent cookie. It's your job to loop through all the cookies in it and identify them by name (key). :-)

[MickeyRoush]

Thanks for the replies. @rocknbil, you answered my question exactly. Thanks again.