Cookiez

[MattR]

I want to create a cookie that is readable on several different domains.

Let's say I have:
http://www.bob.com
http://www.joe.com
http://www.shut_up_hippy.com

They're in separate directories as well:
/home/httpd/www/bob/www
/home/httpd/www/joe/www
/home/httpd/www/shut_up_hippy/www/dick_nixon

I want to create a cookie that is readable by all of those domains, or in the least create 3 cookies at once.

I have a silly solution where, upon creation of the cookie in one domain I forward them off to the next to create the cookie in that domain, etc. so that I end up creating 3 cookies by bouncing the user from site-to-site. This seems like a time consuming and stupid way of doing it. Is there an easier / better way?

[Vinay]

HTTP's protocol does not allow one domain to set cookies for another.. what you're doing now is probably the only way

[gokhana]

Matt, your idea is best one I can think of. Microsoft is using the same for "passport". So currently there is no other way.

[MattR]

Ok,

I just wanted to make sure I wasn't overlooking something small to warrant a (in my mind) workaround.

Thanks!

[einstien_ii]

Well Matt, if you cannot have all the domains in one cookie, then you can have three different cookies and a script to read them and verify them.

Lets say you verify the no: of cookies present and then execute whatever you want!

Well, its only a logic and I am not sure if it will work practically, anyway, let me know!