setcookie() problem

[Turiel]

I have a website which is accessible from 2 different addresses, one is its "real" address and the other is a redirect-inside-frame job.

I have a login system which uses cookies, and it works for the first (real) domain but not for the 2nd. I've tried setting the cookie twice with different domain paths but to no avail. Any ideas?

setcookie("site_username", $SITE_USERNAME, time()+3600, "/", ".domain1.net", "");
 setcookie("site_password", $SITE_PASSWORD, time()+3600, "/", ".domain1.net", "");
setcookie("site_username", $SITE_USERNAME, time()+3600, "/", ".domain2.net", "");
 setcookie("site_password", $SITE_PASSWORD, time()+3600, "/", ".domain2.net", "");

What am I doing wrong?

ps. It works fine with IE5.5 on Win98 and Opera6 on WinXP, but not with IE6 on XP.

[mr_zog]

I am having a similar problem with IE6 in general (same results uner XP and 2000). I have determined it has something to due with the time.

I have 3 cookies that get set and only one expires. The one that has a time() call does not work. I have also tried mktime() and still no go. BUT Opera. MOzilla and Netscape, even IE 5.5 - no problem.

Any ideas?

[enterume]

To Turiel :

We can only set the cookie under the machine domain name, instead of create another cookie under doamin2.com. This is sort of the security of the web browser to prevent fault cookie being used or created.

To mr_zog:

I agree with what you said, the cookie getting suxk sth , seem like after a while it will gone itself.. the most headach thing is, it only happend at certain OS, sometimes. SO my suggestion is, using cookieless session to store the data on server site.

[rroc]

I already asked this before, and got no reply. But since you Enterume seem to be familiar with sessions: do you know why the Netscape 4.7 doesn't let you print(with a printer!) when using these cookieless sessions that you suggest?

[enterume]

HI rroc,

what do you mean by doesn't print on printer with Nestcap?

if you using cookieless session, it will not store any data on client site, instead it will save in you session.save_path define in your php.ini.

using this cookieless session, you need to carry the sessionid. you can enable the session.use_trans_sid to enable the sid. Refer to here .

[rroc]

I mean that when I have the session_start() in the beginning of the file, and I open it with Netscape it is not possible to print out the page on the paper, even though it is visible on the screen. Also viewing the page source is not possible.

This happens only with Netscape, NOT with IE, Mozilla, Konqueror,... So again I'm pretty pissed of with the Navigator.

I have now seen that the problem is not with the code, but somewhere either in the php.ini or httpd.conf. This is because the program worked on another(apache) server.

Here's the piece again:

<?php 
session_start();
echo('<p>jep</p>');
?>

I guess nobody has experienced similar things???

[dwalker]

What is the URL you're trying to print from???

Which printer/driver were you trying to print to? Did you try printing to file?? On a windows box, install the APPLE WRITER II NT printer driver; print the page to file; change the extension to .PS. Open the file within, Acrobat, Illustrator, or any other post script capable app.

[rroc]

It's on Intranet, sorry it's not possible for you to access it. But the problem really is not with the printing itself. As I said I could print, when the same script was on another server.

And the same problem also arises when I try to view the sourcecode in the Navigator 4.7 or to see the print preview... There is either nothing or then there is a mess. So... I guess there are none with the same problem. 🙁 Too bad. 🙁