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Dear Experts,<br />
<br />
I'm having a cookie like this to show a banner only once to the user everyday.<br />
should I use a function like htmlspecialchars for security reasons?<br />
thank you<br />
<br />
&lt;?php<br />
if(!isset($_COOKIE['counts<wbr />ss']))<br />
{<br />
&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; $_COOKIE['countsss'] = 0;<br />
}<br />
$countsss = $_COOKIE['countsss'] + 1;<br />
setcookie('countsss',$coun<wbr />tsss,time(<wbr />)+60*60*24<wbr />); //24 hours<br />
?&gt;
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Dear Experts,

I'm having a cookie like this to show a banner only once to the user everyday.
should I use a function like htmlspecialchars for security reasons?
thank you

<?php
if(!isset($_COOKIE['countsss']))
{
        $_COOKIE['countsss'] = 0;
}
$countsss = $_COOKIE['countsss'] + 1;
setcookie('countsss',$countsss,time()+60*60*24); //24 hours
?>

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