[SOLVED] Sessions: http://www.example.com VS http://example.com

[5kyy8lu3]

Hi.

 

Like the title states, I noticed that sessions are sensitive to the url.

 

If I load my site as www.example.com and start a session, I can't access the session variables if I open the same page in a new browser window if I visit the page as http://example.com.  is there any way to get it so it doesn't matter which way the site is accessed?  it's not super important but it irks me.

 

example 1: I open www.example.com in one browser window, then log in.  then in a new window i open www.example.com.  it shows "logged in."  but if I open a third window and visit the site but I type it without the "www." in the url, it doesn't find the session and shows not logged in.  this works vice versa too.

 

any ideas?

 

 

[5kyy8lu3]

Hi.

 

Like the title states, I noticed that sessions are sensitive to the url.

 

If I load my site as www.example.com and start a session, I can't access the session variables if I open the same page in a new browser window if I visit the page as http://example.com.  is there any way to get it so it doesn't matter which way the site is accessed?  it's not super important but it irks me.

 

example 1: I open www.example.com in one browser window, then log in.  then in a new window i open www.example.com.  it shows "logged in."  but if I open a third window and visit the site but I type it without the "www." in the url, it doesn't find the session and shows not logged in.  this works vice versa too.

 

any ideas?

 

ok I found my own solution lol.

 

i have an IF statement that checks to see if $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'] has "www" in it or not.  if not, header() to the address with "www" included.

 

not pretty or elegant but it works. now i know that it won't matter which way the address is typed because my script forces it to be one way.