Cookie variable intoan outside file.

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I am trying to get the "customer_firstname" from the cookie in a file outside of PrestaShop. This is what I have so far with no results. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

<?php
include_once('shop/config/settings.inc.php');
include_once('shop/classes/Cookie.php');
include('shop/tools/smarty/Smarty.class.php');
include('shop/init.php');
echo '$cookie->customer_firstname';
echo '$_COOKIE["customer_firstname"]';
?>

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Went another direction on this. So I don't need to solve it. Thanks