Magento frontend cookie
Question
In a list of cookies I can see "frontend", "adminhtml" and "external_no_cache" cookie name. I need to write a list of all cookies, their purpose and expiration date. Can anyone help me? What are these cookies for? Where can I get more information?
Another thing, when I use an online cookie checker (for example http://www.cookie-checker.com/), the resoult I get is: the only cookie on my site is "frontend".
La solution
Use FireBug plugin to see all request information or print the $_COOKIES
auto global variable.
Check following information
Cookie Name --> Information
CART
--> The association with your shopping cart.
CATEGORY_INFO
--> Stores the category info on the page, that allows to display pages more quickly.
COMPARE
--> The items that you have in the Compare Products list.
CURRENCY
--> Your preferred currency
CUSTOMER
--> An encrypted version of your customer id with the store.
CUSTOMER_AUTH
--> An indicator if you are currently logged into the store.
CUSTOMER_INFO
--> An encrypted version of the customer group you belong to.
CUSTOMER_SEGMENT_IDS
--> Stores the Customer Segment ID
EXTERNAL_NO_CACHE
--> A flag, which indicates whether caching is disabled or not.
FRONTEND
--> You sesssion ID on the server.
GUEST-VIEW
--> Allows guests to edit their orders.
LAST_CATEGORY
--> The last category you visited.
LAST_PRODUCT
--> The most recent product you have viewed.
NEWMESSAGE
--> Indicates whether a new message has been received.
NO_CACHE
--> Indicates whether it is allowed to use cache.
PERSISTENT_SHOPPING_CART
--> A link to information about your cart and viewing history if you have asked the site.
POLL
--> The ID of any polls you have recently voted in.
POLLN
--> Information on what polls you have voted on.
RECENTLYCOMPARED
--> The items that you have recently compared.
STF
--> Information on products you have emailed to friends.
STORE
--> The store view or language you have selected.
USER_ALLOWED_SAVE_COOKIE
--> Indicates whether a customer allowed to use cookies.
VIEWED_PRODUCT_IDS
--> The products that you have recently viewed.
WISHLIST
--> An encrypted list of products added to your Wishlist.
WISHLIST_CNT
--> The number of items in your Wishlist.