Title: Requests_Cookie_Jar::before_request
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: November 2, 2022

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# Requests_Cookie_Jar::before_request( string $url, array $headers, array $data, string $type, array $options )

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie_jar/before_request/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie_jar/before_request/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie_jar/before_request/?output_format=md#source)

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Add Cookie header to a request if we have any

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

As per RFC 6265, cookies are separated by ‘; ‘

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/requests_cookie_jar/before_request/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$url`stringrequired

`$headers`arrayrequired

`$data`arrayrequired

`$type`stringrequired

`$options`arrayrequired

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

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/requests/cookie/jar.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.1/src/wp-includes/Requests/Cookie/Jar.php#L136)

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