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Apr 7, 2003, 4:34 AM
Wil
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Apr 7, 2003, 4:34 AM
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Cookies and Domains
Hi

I've got the following code to set a cookie:

Code:
my $cookie_sesh_id = $query->cookie (
-name => 'sesh_id',
-value => $rand_id,
-expires => '+2M',
-path => '/',
-host => '.wyb2003.co.uk'
);

However, I want to know how to match both these domains:

Code:
wyb2003.co.uk
www.wyb2003.co.uk

Currently, I have .wyb2003.co.uk which matches anyprefix.wyb2003.co.uk but not wyb2003.co.uk on it's own.

Thanks

- wil
Apr 7, 2003, 6:44 AM
Andy
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Apr 7, 2003, 6:44 AM
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Re: [Wil] Cookies and Domains In reply to
I remember reading somewhere that you can use commas to seperate the domains. That is most likely not true...as it wasn't one of the most accurate sites I have used....but its worth a try Smile

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Apr 7, 2003, 10:29 AM
hennagaijin
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Apr 7, 2003, 10:29 AM
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Re: [Wil] Cookies and Domains In reply to
I've been struggling with this as well:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/...i?post=222094#222094

Your version should work on many browsers (IE 6 and Mozilla, by my testing), but not in some others (notably NS 4.7X). I spent a lot of time on this problem and ultimately came to the conclusion that no perfect cookie-based solution exists. If you read that post I linked to, you'll see that I've been trying to solve the problem with mod_rewrite, but I still haven't completely gotten it working.
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Apr 7, 2003, 2:29 PM
Wil
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Apr 7, 2003, 2:29 PM
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What others have suggested to me is that I set two cookies, one for wyb2003.co.uk and one for www.wyb2003.co.uk. Clumsy, but it works.

- wil
Apr 7, 2003, 2:30 PM
Wil
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Hi Andy

I don't believe you can, or at least not in my version of Perl and CGI.pm (Perl 5.6).

Cheers

- wil