Re: Cookie Variables Maxing Out Using IE6
| From: | dpgirago at mdanderson dot org | Date: | Wed, 16 Aug 2006 20:57:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Cookie Variables Maxing Out Using IE6 | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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> On Wed, August 16, 2006 9:00 am, dpgirago@mdanderson.org wrote:
>> Does IE6 limit somehow/somewhere the number of cookie variables I can
>> create and store?
Richard Lynch wrote:
> Yes.
>
> Read the Cookie spec.
>
> There's no need for any site to ever send more than ONE Cookie anyway.
>
> Just use session_start() and you can store all the stuff in $_SESSION
> and it's all tied to the one Cookie.
>
> Users like me who set the browser to prompt for Cookies will often
> LEAVE a site that is being stupid and sending too many cookies, unless
> we really really really need your content, which is unlikely.
>
> You can Google and find the Cookie spec on Netscape's site -- It's
> very easy to digest, no pun intended, and a very well thought out
> spec.
Thanks, Richard. I'll take a look.
David