I'm not exactly sure what the problem is but the cookies aren't available for subdomains. Is there any way around this, or is there a better way to set the cookies domain? Thanks!

<?php 
ini_set("session.cookie_domain", ".example.com"); 

// Set cookie and redirect when user change city 
if( isset($_POST['city']) && $_POST['city'] != '' ){ 
    $cookie_expire = time() + 50400;  
    setcookie('city', $_POST['city'], $cookie_expire, '/'); 

    header("Location: http://".$_POST["city"].".example.com"); 
    die(); 
} 

// Redirect if user selected default city 
if (isset($_COOKIE["city"])) { 
    $subdomain = array_shift(explode(".",$_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'])); 

    if ($_COOKIE["city"] != $subdomain) { 
        header("Location: http://".$_COOKIE["city"].".example.com"); 
        die(); 
    } 
}

I see two problems here:

  1. the function session_start() is missing and so the session cookie will not be created;
  2. the set_cookie() for city is lacking of the domain attribute, so, if you want to make it available only for the current subdomain, it should be:

    set_cookie('city', 'value', 'ttl', 'path', 'sub.domain.com');
    

I just want to make sure so can you provide the whole script? Thanks!

I intended this:

<?php 
ini_set("session.cookie_domain", ".example.com"); 
session_start();

If you use Chrome//Firefox console, you can check the cookies created for the current domain. You cannot create a cookie for another domain or subdomain, but the dot gives you the ability to extend the cookie to subdomains. If, for example, you are on miami.example.com domain, you can:

setcookie('city', 'miami', time()+300, '/', '.miami.example.com');

That way, when you access to: hotels.miami.example.com or airports.miami.example.com the city cookie will be available.

Also, please, do not open multiple threads with the same question, I just noticed, there is already another one:

Thanks cereal. I think this is the right direction to extend the cookie to subdomains '.miami.example.com', but not whole script is executed.

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Also, please, do not open multiple threads with the same question, I just noticed, there is already another one

This user did the same with a previous question. Please take note that this not only creates confusion, but is a slap in the face to contributors who are in the process of helping in the original thread. It's as if their input is not appreciated. Please desist.

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