Right, but in my example HTML line <img nocache border=0 width=2 height=1 src=http://www.cookiedomain.com/cookies/cookies.php> isnt it refering and setting cookie for www.cookiedomain.com even if this HTML file is on another domain? Maris "Richard Davey" <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:115163711265.20031204104351@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Hello Maris, > > Thursday, December 4, 2003, 10:40:33 AM, you wrote: > > MK> Could you share with your experience and point out where > MK> is the problem here. I tried different variations for > MK> domain parameter in setcookie command but it didnt help > > It's a security mechanism built into cookies. They cannot be > cross-domain. They can cross sub-domains (i.e. *.launchcode.co.uk) but > a cookie set for one domain cannot be read by another. Think of the > anarchy that would happen if they could (being able to read and mess > with say Hotmail cookies from your own site for example). > > -- > Best regards, > Richard mailto:rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php