Re: problem with cookies

Newsgroups	comp.lang.javascript
Subject	Re: problem with cookies
From	"Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net>
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Date	2012-05-15 18:53 +0000

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Daniel Pitts wrote on 15 mei 2012 in comp.lang.javascript:

> On 5/14/12 11:59 PM, Swifty wrote:
>> On Mon, 14 May 2012 19:08:23 -0700 (PDT), CODEY<ed.pataky@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> why is this?
>>
>> www.domain.com and domain.com could be entirely separate systems, as
>> are www.swifys.org.uk (on a commercial server somewhere) and
>> swiftys.org.uk (on my home PC where I'm typing this)
>>
>> Cookies are typically recorded against the name of the host providing
>> the page.
>>
>> You could set a cross-domain cookie but many people reject these, so
>> your process would become rather hit-and-miss.
>>
>>> what can i do?
>>
>> One approach would be to store the data on your server, rather in
>> cookies in the user's browser.
>>
>> Alternatively, you could arrange to redirect requests for domain.com
>> to www.domain.com
>>
> I think alternatively you could set the cookie domain to ".domain.com", 
> which includes "domain.com" and "www.domain.com", as well as 
> "blah.domain.com".

Setting the domain to 'www.example.com' will make the cookie available in 
the www subdomain and higher subdomains. Cookies available to a lower 
domain, such as 'example.com' will be available to higher subdomains, such 
as 'www.example.com'. 

Older browsers still implementing the deprecated ť RFC 2109 may require a 
leading . to match all subdomains.

[not tested]

-- 
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
(Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)

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problem with cookies CODEY <ed.pataky@gmail.com> - 2012-05-14 19:08 -0700
  Re: problem with cookies Swifty <steve.j.swift@gmail.com> - 2012-05-15 07:59 +0100
    Re: problem with cookies Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-05-15 11:09 -0700
      Re: problem with cookies Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-15 20:21 +0200
        Re: problem with cookies Daniel Pitts <newsgroup.nospam@virtualinfinity.net> - 2012-05-15 12:43 -0700
          Re: problem with cookies Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2012-05-16 13:53 +0200
            OT: What is your "Face" graphic? Mike Duffy <Use_guestbook_page@website.in.sig> - 2012-05-16 23:42 +0000
      Re: problem with cookies "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2012-05-15 18:53 +0000

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