Cookie problem in Netscape

Anon

Hi,

I'm having problem with setting up cookie in Netscape. I understand that in order for Netscape to recognize the cookies I've set, i need to add "." before the domain name (for example: ".mydomain.com" instead of just "mydomain.com") when setting up cookie in PHP.

This works fine in IE, but in Netscape, the cookies only work in "www.mydomain.com", it doesn't work with "mydomain.com".

Does any one know how to set up cookies so it works on the whole site and both netscape and IE?

p.s. this is the actual code in my script

$lifetime = mktime (0, 0, 0, 12, 31, 2005);
setcookie ("username", $username , $lifetime, "/", ".mydomain.com");
setcookie ("password", $password, "", "/", ".mydomain.com");

Thanks,

Anon

Use your Apache's mod_rewrite to send all users from mydomain.com to www.mydomain.com

Seriously. That's the only reliable way to work with persistent cookies. There is a reason why sites like http://etoys.com/ and http://amazon.com/ re-direct their users.

Example mod_rewrite code:

RewriteEngine on
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ http://www.mydomain.com/$1 [R]

Anon

Thank you Troels,

Unfortunately, I don't have access to that. I am using a virtual hosting for my site. Thank you anyways.

If anyone know how to get around it without modifying the Apache server, please let me know.

Thanx,

Scmachine

Anon

Virtual hosting doesn't mean that mod_rewrite can't work. It's up to your system administrator to decide if the facility is available or not.