Re: Multiple Domains in cookie?

Please how can I unsubscribe ..... Regards Saif Yousif No God except Allah Mohammed is profit of Allah ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julien Bonastre" <the_radix@the-spectrum.org> To: "php-general@lists.php.n" <php-general@lists.php.net>; "Tony Harrison" <tonyh21@tharrison21.fsnet.co.uk> Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 3:21 PM Subject: Re: [PHP] Multiple Domains in cookie? > GREAT Q! > > I have been trying to play with my cookies for a while now for this same > reason.. > > And to no avail.. > > It seems due to the structure of them and as long as the client (browser) > sticks to the specifications you can only access a cookie belonging to that > same host.. > > For example, I am starting up a large "network" site base but I wanted all > the sites even though they have their own unique domain to be able to have a > global member login system.. Catch is.. The only way for them to be able to > login to one site and then be able to freely go to another completely diff. > site also on our network they would still be logged in and hence they have > this main ONE account that allows them access to all our network sites.. > > So I studied the workings behind Terra Lycos and found their trick quite > easily.. Since they have basically this same concept they too had to find a > solution.. > > > And their's is very close to mine :) I had thought.. since it's HOST > specific. Not the full domain.. that means that cookies only differentiate > between: aaa.com and bbb.com.. > > But not: one.aaa.com or two.aaa.com > > Therefore to create ONE cookie you set it's host for aaa.com and that way > all your other site domains can be redirectors to the subdomain.. > > Ie.. if you have aaa.com as your main site and bbb.com and ccc.com just make > those other two point to: bbb.aaa.com and ccc.aaa.com respectively.. > > Don't think it's "unpro" because that's exactly what Terra Lycos > does.. > > For eg.. Checkout www.webmonkey.com (I'm sure many of you already know it) > you soon see you'll be transported to: www.hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey > > This is because not only is webmonkey part of Terra lycos.. It's also under > HotWired.. > > Then I thought.. No way.. that can't be their trick surely?? > > Yep.. Checkout all their other sites.. > > More examples: www.angelfire.com goes to angelfire.lycos.com and tripod.com > goes to tripod.lycos.com > > it seems this is the idea.. that way.. if they login.. just set some details > (perhaps the SESSID so you can easily jsut reload the session on the other > sites) on for example lycos.com as the domain and then all the subdomains > can also use this freely.. > > Use your domains as redirectors and you get a sweet system.. :) > > > HIH > ------oOo---------------oOo------ > > Julien Bonastre [The_RadiX] > The-Spectrum Network CEO > the_radix@the-spectrum.org > www.the-spectrum.org > > ------oOo---------------oOo------ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tony Harrison" <tonyh21@tharrison21.fsnet.co.uk> > To: <php-general@lists.php.net> > Sent: Saturday, September 28, 2002 7:25 PM > Subject: [PHP] Multiple Domains in cookie? > > > > Is it possible to specify more than 1 domain in a cookie? > > ----------------------------- > > tony@cool-palace.com > > http://www.cool-palace.com > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >