Site access via www.example.com v. example.com is causing problems with sessions

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I have a site at GoDaddy. You may access it using a www prefix or not. It works fine either way unless you happen to hit a link that uses/does not use the prefix. Then the session disappears. Is www.example.com supposed to be the same as example.com? If not, how do I require the use of one or the other?

Do you have access to htaccess file? – The One and Only ChemistryBlob Aug 30 '16 at 15:31 — The One and Only ChemistryBlob, Aug 30 '16 at 15:31

score 2 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:16

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Sessions are based on cookies, and cookies are bound to a specific domain. www.abc.com is a subdomain of abc.com (In some cases, you might not even be the owner of both).

I would force webserver to add a www prefix (with .htaccess if you are using Apache: Example here)

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answered Aug 30 '16 at 15:38

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Thanks for the link. – user116032 Aug 30 '16 at 15:54

Site access via www.example.com v. example.com is causing problems with sessions

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