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Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/22/07 15:14
harvey wrote:
> Does this problem affect everyone using Paypal & other services ?
>
> I've now managed to replicate this on my test site and believe it may
> well affect me but I have yet to find a solution. Nothing suggested so
> far can solve this.
>
> I use an ISP and have user access and execution rights but can't modify
> either PHP.INI or apache startup files. (shared access means I'm not
> allowed to re-start - obviously)
>
> I have a site that communicates with paypal that sells data files
> but I can't guarantee people will type in the WWW when they enter the
> site (at whatever page) so they could start their session either with or
> without it.
>
> So I have a dilema - the required return address from paypal can either
> include or exclude the WWW portion. It can't do both.
>
> This means if there is a missmatch the sales transaction will fail.
> Even worse - there is no way to identify that this was the cause
> creating random transaction failures potentially (statistically over
> time) of 50%
>
> This is going to cost me money and I suspect everyone else using
> any service such as this will suffer too.
>
> This obviously isn't a minor problem.
>
> If anyone can help - an idiots guide would be welcome ;-)
>
This isn't a problem just with Paypal - it's how cookies work in all
browsers.
You don't necessarily need to set it in your php.ini file. You should
also be able to do it in your .htaccess file (if your hosting company
allows it), i.e.
php_value session.cookie_domain .example.com
Or, you can set up your .htaccess file to automatically reroute request
from example.com to www.example.com.
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