Title: WP_Http::normalize_cookies
Published: August 16, 2016
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Http::normalize_cookies( array $cookies ): WpOrgRequestsCookieJar

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Normalizes cookies for using in Requests.

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

 `$cookies`arrayrequired

Array of cookies to send with the request.

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

 WpOrgRequestsCookieJar Cookie holder object.

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

    ```php
    public static function normalize_cookies( $cookies ) {
    	$cookie_jar = new WpOrg\Requests\Cookie\Jar();

    	foreach ( $cookies as $name => $value ) {
    		if ( $value instanceof WP_Http_Cookie ) {
    			$attributes                 = array_filter(
    				$value->get_attributes(),
    				static function ( $attr ) {
    					return null !== $attr;
    				}
    			);
    			$cookie_jar[ $value->name ] = new WpOrg\Requests\Cookie( (string) $value->name, $value->value, $attributes, array( 'host-only' => $value->host_only ) );
    		} elseif ( is_scalar( $value ) ) {
    			$cookie_jar[ $name ] = new WpOrg\Requests\Cookie( (string) $name, (string) $value );
    		}
    	}

    	return $cookie_jar;
    }
    ```

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## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Used by | Description | 
| [WP_Http::request()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/request/)`wp-includes/class-wp-http.php` |

Send an HTTP request to a URI.

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## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_http/normalize_cookies/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [4.6.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.6.0/) | Introduced. |

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