retrieve cookie value in cakephp -

retrieve cookie value in cakephp -

i'm storing multidimensional array in cookie.

$this->cookie->write('cart', $products, false, 3600 );

below multidimensional array i'm storing in cookie

array ( [cart] => array ( [user_id] => [product_id] => 92 [quantity] => 1 [date_created] => [date_modified] => [product_name] => shoes [price] => 12 ) )

but when read cookie, gives me output

[{\"cart\":{\"user_id\":\"\",\"product_id\":\"7\",\"quantity\":\"1\",\"date_created\":\"\",\"date_modified\":\"\",\"product_name\":\"iphone\",\"price\":\"12\"}}]

below code i'm using read cookie

$this->cookie->read('cart');

on local server works alright gives me above mentioned output when seek on online server

you seek next write

$this->cookie->write('cart', serialize($products), false, 3600);

and read

unserialize($this->cookie->read('cart'));

your cookie beingness saved plain text.

cookies cakephp-2.0