Title: Requests_Cookie::format_for_header
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests_Cookie::format_for_header(): string

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie/format_for_header/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie/format_for_header/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie/format_for_header/?output_format=md#source)

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Format a cookie for a Cookie header

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie/format_for_header/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

This is used when sending cookies to a server.

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie/format_for_header/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 string Cookie formatted for Cookie header

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie/format_for_header/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

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