Still getting cookie error messages

[MichaelH]

Still getting cookie error messages, even after upgrade to 2.3.1. WordPress is in sub-folder so the WordPress address (URL) is different than Blog address (URL).

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ERROR: WordPress requires Cookies but your browser does not support them or they are blocked.

ERROR: The username field is empty.

ERROR: The password field is empty.

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Also get this after logging out:

ERROR: The username field is empty.

ERROR: The password field is empty.

Successfully logged you out.

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Apache version 1.3.37 (Unix) PHP version 4.4.7 MySQL version 4.1.22-standard

Also see  http://wordpress.org/support/topic/144079 for a related report.

Please note that in thread marked  http://wordpress.org/support/topic/144079, reporting user has WordPress install in main folder; WordPress address (URL) is same as Blog address (URL).

Also user xknown seems to have offered a patch that successfully stops the error ...

Check if REQUEST_METHOD is POST

Complete patch

I guess this issue is caused by a plugin but we still need to fix it in the core (2.4 first and then backport to branches/2.3).

I have seen this with Ryan Duff's contact form plugin which sets up stuff in $_POST without checking for a POST request.

Other plugins may do the same.

(In [6345]) Check if REQUEST_METHOD is POST rather than cheecking if _POST is empty to determine if we were called via POST. Props xknown. fixes #5365