Looking for help with cookies!

[cooch]

I have seen similar problems, but not this exact one:

I have integrated vbulletin and photopost, but I have trouble logging in and out across the applications. I noticed that the vb cookies are written as www.domain.com but the photopost cookies are written as .domain.com (without the www).

In the photopost settings table, I have set:

cookie domain .mydomain.com
cookie prefix vB3
cookie path /



In the vb settings table, I have set:

cookie domain .mydomain.com
cookie path /


and in the vb config.php, I set:
$config['Misc']['cookieprefix'] = 'vB3';


Question: why am I getting 2 sets of cookies, and how do I fix this?

Thanks!

[Chuck S]

If your forum cookies are not written as .domain.com then you can not have them set correctly to .domain.com in there cookie settings. Now ensure you clear all your cookies in the browser and relogging in after changes so you see the new cookies

Your vb3 license number must also be correct in the Photopost config.

[cooch]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

If your forum cookies are not written as .domain.com then you can not have them set correctly to .domain.com in there cookie settings. Now ensure you clear all your cookies in the browser and relogging in after changes so you see the new cookies

Your vb3 license number must also be correct in the Photopost config.

Thanks Chuck, but I checked into all that before posting. I attached shots of my PP and VB database tables so you can see the values.

I have deleted the cookies many times just to be able to see what is going on, and I have attached shots of the cookies as well. You will see that:
a) one has the www and one doesn't
b) both have the vB3 prefix

Any other thoughts?

[Chuck S]

whats the url and test user login to gallery. Since it is your forum causing your cookie issue I dont know what to say but lets confirm I get the same behavior. You have stated Photopost does cookies fine.

[cooch]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

whats the url and test user login to gallery. Since it is your forum causing your cookie issue I dont know what to say but lets confirm I get the same behavior. You have stated Photopost does cookies fine.

Cookie/login problems:
1) if you log into the gallery, many times you are NOT logged into the forum
2) if you log into the forum, most times you ARE logged into the gallery
3) logging out of one does not always log you out of the other


Our VB forum is here:
http://www.thedoodlebuginc.com/vb/index.php

Our PP gallery is here:
http://www.thedoodlebuginc.com/photopost/index.php

u:scrappy
pw: scrappy


Thanks!

[Chuck S]

If you login to the gallery and are logged out of the gallery it can only mean one thing. Your vblicense number is incorrect in the photopost config. This is license number not customer number and can be found at the top of your vbulletin config file or any other vb file.

Also your forum cookie domain is not set to .thedoodlebuginc.com

[cooch]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

If you login to the gallery and are logged out of the gallery it can only mean one thing. Your vblicense number is incorrect in the photopost config. This is license number not customer number and can be found at the top of your vbulletin config file or any other vb file.

Also your forum cookie domain is not set to .thedoodlebuginc.com

Sorry to be a pain, but I checked into all of this before I wrote.

1) I got the license number from the config file on line 4 (I changed the number below to be fictitious) :
# vBulletin 3.6.1 - License Number VBF8A12345
I checked again and this number is definately in config-inc.php
on line 72. It also shows up in the admin panel in PP.

2) As for the forum cookie domain, I showed you the screenshots of the forum and gallery database tables. Both show the cookie domain as .thedoodlebuginc.com. Where else would I set it?

Thanks

[Chuck S]

All I can tell you here is I logged into your forum and your domain shows up in the cookie as www.domain.com my response can not change on this try it yourself

You set your forum cookie domain in the admin panel of vb

[cooch]

Originally Posted by Chuck S

All I can tell you here is I logged into your forum and your domain shows up in the cookie as www.domain.com my response can not change on this try it yourself

You set your forum cookie domain in the admin panel of vb

I totally agree that the cookies show up wrong, but I am at a loss as to how and why.

As you mentioned, I checked the vb admin panel and found that everything is set correctly (see attached file), and the database tables show the correct settings.

In my experience, there is always an answer and it is usually staring me right in the face. Why can't I find it