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List:       php-general
Subject:    Re: [PHP] Session data lost in Firefox
From:       Andrew Ballard <aballard () gmail ! com>
Date:       2012-10-26 18:16:40
Message-ID: CAC1b6RsKK02bDhq+Zoosf-K-L5Z3V6wp4ZsbNAKPN+LM-c8-+A () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 12:12 PM, John Boy <service@greenholdings.co.uk>wrote:

> Looks like it was a corrupted Paypal cookie lurking about on my test
> machine. Clearing all Paypal cookies cured the problem.
> Hours can be spent looking for needles like this in a very complex haystack
> and it turns out to be the simplest solution that's not even related
> directly to the programming. Thanks, Andrew for the prompting!
> However if this happened on a punter's computer the same would happen - so
> is there a way of coding the removal of third party cookies to avoid this
> problem?
>

As far as I know, if you can set a cookie you can also clear it. I don't
like the approach, though. I have 3rd party cookies disabled on purpose.

Andrew


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