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How can i get access to the cookies set by EE?

We are running a second application on the same domain and want to check by cookie if the user is logged - and if so - which username he has?

The login is done by EE -> cookie only (not session based).

How can the second application get information about the user?

EE-Cookies - User is not logged in:
- xx_last_activity
- xx_last_visit
- xx_tracker

EE-Cookies - User is logged in:
- xx_last_activity
- xx_last_visit
- xx_tracker

- xx_sessionid
- xx_experation
- xx_anon

The user information may be saved in the last three cookies.
But how can read or encrypt the info in the cookie out of EE??

Thanks in advance…

Hi olympiaverlag,

You won’t be able to get a username from the cookies set by EE.
I would suggest creating your own cookie in EE after login that contains a member ID then in your other application use the member ID to query the EE database to pull whatever you need.

Is your other application built on CI?
EE can pull member information using the Session Class

Hi John,

thanks for your reply… ok we will try to setup our own cookie, but how can i jump in the login- and logout-action to set and delete the cookie to the right time -> synchronous when the user clicks login/logout?

Hi olympiaverlag,

There is an SSO add-on for Vanilla forums and EE which might be a good one to dissect and see how they did it. If you wish I can move this thread to the Community Help forums for you?