Yes it is visible only in the domain and subdomains Set-Cookie : foo=bar; Domain=.cnn.com; Path=/; Expires _some_date_
This cookie is for cnn.com or the subdomains(i.e. weather.cnn.com) also it is valid for evey path because "Path" is set to "/".If it was "/members" it will be accessible only in members and its subdirectories. Regards, Andrey Hristov On Wednesday 12 December 2001 03:16 pm, you wrote: > Still trying to get the cookie to work in my site for automatic login > capabilities. It has it's moments of greatness, before fading into the > shadows again. Most recently, I downloaded Netscape 6.2.1 to test my site, > and when I did not allow the password manager to save my login, it has > since refused to allow my cookie to be set, even when I unblocked cookies > for the site in the Netscape preferences. So, in light of that, I tried to > set the cookie on a page in the directory above the login page, in hopes > that I could get around the Netscape problem, and, of course, this stopped > IE 6 from reading the cookie. Now, neither browser is working correctly. > I am already resigned to the fact that I will not try to support users of > versions 4 and below in regards to cookies, however I do need to get the > more recent versions working. > > Is it true that when you set a cookie, it is valid only in that directory > or domain? > Will it be retrieved in subfolders of that directory? > Do I require special code to allow it to be accessed in subfolders? > > Steve Osborne > Database Programmer > Chinook Multimedia Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
