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Doc Bug #66725 Clarification required as to what happens if domain argument isn't passed
Submitted: 2014-02-17 00:54 UTC Modified: 2016-12-28 13:44 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:3.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:0 of 0 (0.0%)
From: jarrod at makin dot co Assigned:
Status: Open Package: Network related
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 [2014-02-17 00:54 UTC] jarrod at makin dot co 
Description:
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From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.setcookie
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Clarification is desired to make it clear to me what happens if the domain argument is not passed to this function.

If I set session.cookie_domain in a php.ini file, will it come into play?
If I leave it blank, will php use a variable like $_SERVER["SERVER_NAME"]?

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 [2014-02-24 22:42 UTC] chrispmaiden at gmail dot com 
Having looked at the source code setcookie() doesn't appear to set the domain unless one is passed to the function, this can be tested by executing this simple script:

<?php
setcookie('testing', '123', time()+60*60*24*30, '/');
print_r(headers_list());

Outputs:
Array
(
    [0] => X-Powered-By: PHP/5.4.21
    [1] => Set-Cookie: testing=123; expires=Wed, 26-Mar-2014 22:27:59 GMT; path=/
)

The argument is optional, it's in square brackets so for me I think the documentation is fine (just my opinion though!)
 [2016-12-28 13:44 UTC] cmb@php.net
-Package: Documentation problem +Package: Network related
 
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