Re: [PHP] php sessions

From: Cpt John W. Holmes (holmes072000_at_charter.net)
Date: 10/28/03


To: <shiflett@php.net>, "Rob Adams" <rob_adams@hotmail.com>, <php-general@lists.php.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Oct 2003 17:12:32 -0500

From: "Chris Shiflett" <shiflett@php.net>
> > But I was talking about cookies anyway. Which is where different
> > browsers have different behaviors. In IE, by default, it will not
> > pass a cookie from a new browser window.
>
> This is very interesting. I might try to research this a bit more and see
what
> the motivation was for doing this. From a user perspective, it seems very
> counterintuitive. Thanks for the info.

It may depend upon how you open the second window, too. Control-N may use
the same cookies whereas starting a whole new instance may not.

---John Holmes...



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