Sessions &amp; Netscape screw up

Sessions & Netscape screw up

ttopper

Netscape seems to have a problem. When a session variable is set at secure.domain.com it doesn't seem to transfer to domain.com or www.domain.com. The variable is just not there. This is driving me mad. Any help would be appreciated

Tony

Anon

That's because cookies set on secure.domain.com aren't visible at domain.com or www.domain.com

ttopper

Why does it do this only in Netscape as opposed to not doing it in IE? Would passing the SID via the URL fix this?

Anon

Different implementations of the cookie spec?

You can try passing the SID on the URL.

Anon

I'm not sure if this is any help but it might be worth a try.

I had a similar problem with setting cookies - IE was fine but Netscape wasn't happy.

The solution was to ensure that the domain has a leading dot ie:
setcookie(cookie_name,value,0,"/",".domain.com",0);
as opposed to:
setcookie(cookie_name,value,0,"/","domain.com",0);

Netscape is fussier (or implements the specs more correctly?) than IE.