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Re: [PHP3] Cookies lifetime From: Martin B. Jespersen (Martin <email protected>)
Date: 03/12/99

Denis Thuillier wrote:
>
> Hello to everyone.
>
> We are using php3 on a NT server with IIS3.
> We have noticed that cookies don’t run the same time depending on the
> navigator and on the computers.
> The navigators are IE4 and Netscape 3. On some computers, a cookie which is
> supposed to run for one hour runs in fact for about 1 min 20.
> The problem doesn’t seem to come from the navigator configuration as the
> same configuration on two different computers gives different cookies
> lifetime.
> If Netscape 4 is used, there is no problem, whatever the machines.
> If anyone has any suggestions, thanks to let me know.
> Thank you.
>
> Denis Thuillier
>
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You could check out the ENV variable HTTP_USER_AGENT to determine the client
and +/- the cookie timeout accordingly. It's a really bad fix, and i would only
use it as a last resort if i were you (sorry i can't come up with anything more
usefull :) 

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