More login cookie issues

[flashman]

I've tried all the changes in that thread, including the ​6168 change, but logging in still presents me with either a blank page or the cookies error (depending on which 'fix' I'm trying to use at the time).

My installation is in a subdirectory and is clean, not an upgrade. When submitting the page, I receive no test cookie.

I am using Wordpress 2.3 at the root level of another server with no problems, so this is a bit frustrating. Considering a rollback to 2.2.3 for the time being. Please help :)

[Viper007Bond]

​http://wordpress.org/support/topic/135598

[foolswisdom]

Replying to flashman:

I am using Wordpress 2.3 at the root level of another server with no problems, so this is a bit frustrating.

flashman, what are the differences between these two environments and the setups?

When you say "the cookie error", you are referring to "ERROR; Wordpress requires Cookies but your browser does not support them or they are blocked".

Which web browsers have you tried?

[flashman]

I've done more research, and the problem seems to be that wp-login.php isn't setting cookies properly. On the server where 2.3 is working, I receive wordpress_test_cookie as soon as I load up wp-login.php... this doesn't happen with the broken server.

wp-login.php CAN set the following cookie if it's placed on line 1:

<?php setcookie('my_test_cookie', '',0, '/', '.mydomain.org.au'); ?>

...but NOT if it's placed below

'require( dirname(__FILE__) . '/wp-config.php' );'

I'm beginning to think it's an incompatibility between my server setup and Wordpress where cookies are concerned. Doesn't work with any browsers I've tried, or with previous versions of Wordpress.

[Viper007Bond]

Sounds like white space in wp-config.php perhaps, i.e. header cannot be sent and errors off.

[flashman]

Replying to Viper007Bond:

Sounds like white space in wp-config.php perhaps, i.e. header cannot be sent and errors off.

Hey thanks, that fixed it! Next time you're in Sydney, I'm buying you a beer in any pub in town :)