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Cookie set on google chrome doesn't work when using Safari
Posted on 2016-09-25
I am using Chrome to test my registration code. When I register, it sets a cookie valid for 24 hrs so that the person who registered the account has 24 hours to activate their account. If I use google tools I can see that the cookie is definitely set.
When I receive the activation email and click on the link, it takes me to my safari browser as this is my default browser. I then get the message that I set up to say that the activation was unsuccessful because the time expired which is impossible since I did it 30 seconds later. I noticed however that if I copy that link and put it into chrome, it works.
What am I doing wrong? Surely in the real world it doesn't work like this i.e.: if I register on chrome, I can't activate in another browser?
When I receive the activation email and click on the link, it takes me to my safari browser as this is my default browser. I then get the message that I set up to say that the activation was unsuccessful because the time expired which is impossible since I did it 30 seconds later. I noticed however that if I copy that link and put it into chrome, it works.
What am I doing wrong? Surely in the real world it doesn't work like this i.e.: if I register on chrome, I can't activate in another browser?
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if I register on chrome, I can't activate in another browser?Using cookies, No, you can't. Cookies are set in the browser that was used. They are Not available to any other browser. Cookies are never shared between browsers.
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I see. So, I basically can't achieve what I want unless I store the time of registration in the database and compare that with the time the user tries to activate their account?
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What is 'normally' done is to include a long hash as a query string to the link in the email. Such as https://www.mydomain.com/?q=Asjjkqoorllk1928747665mmnnsjhjkckjdjk where the hash is your code to identify the user.
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Yeah, I have that hash but I also want to have a time limit for them to register which is why I wanted the cookie. But as I said, I think I will just store the time of registration in the database and take it from there.
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