>>>> <cfif structKeyExists(cookie, "CFID") AND structKeyExists(cookie, >>>> "CFTOKEN")> >>>> <cfcookie name="CFID" value="#cookie.cfid#" /> >>>> <cfcookie name="CFTOKEN" value="#cookie.cftoken#" /> >>>> </cfif> >>> OK, that works, but I don't get exactly what it's doing. >> >> It replaces the two standard CF-generated cookies which don't expire >> with two that will expire immediately the browser closes (the default >> behaviour of cfcookie). > > btw, what's the purpose of the if statement? Why not just overwrite > them regardless? Or is that to confirm that session management is > enabled? Is there no other way to test that session management is > enabled or is that the most efficient method?
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