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<td>cookie|CO=<em>NAME</em>:<em>VAL</em></td>
<td>Sets a cookie in the client browser. Full syntax is:
- CO=<em>NAME</em>:<em>VAL</em>[:<em>domain</em>[:<em>lifetime</em>[:<em>path</em>[:<em>secure</em>[:<em>httponly</em>]]]]] <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_co">details ...</a></em>
+ CO=<em>NAME</em>:<em>VAL</em>:<em>domain</em>[:<em>lifetime</em>[:<em>path</em>[:<em>secure</em>[:<em>httponly</em>]]]] <em><a href="../rewrite/flags.html#flag_co">details ...</a></em>
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<h2><a name="flag_co" id="flag_co">CO|cookie</a></h2>
<p>The [CO], or [cookie] flag, allows you to set a cookie when a
particular <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule">RewriteRule</a></code>
-matches. The argument consists of three required fields and five optional
+matches. The argument consists of three required fields and four optional
fields.</p>
<p>The full syntax for the flag, including all attributes, is as
follows:</p>
<div class="example"><p><code>
-[CO=NAME:VALUE:domain:lifetime:path:secure:httponly]
+[CO=NAME:VALUE:DOMAIN:lifetime:path:secure:httponly]
</code></p></div>
-<p>You must declare a name and value for the cookie to be set.</p>
-
-<p>You may optionally also set the following values:</p>
+<p>You must declare a name, a value, and a domain for the cookie to be set.</p>
<dl>
<dt>Domain</dt>
separated by a dot. That is, it may not be merely <code>.com</code> or
<code>.net</code>. Cookies of that kind are forbidden by the cookie
security model.</dd>
-<dd>The default value for the domain is the current domain.</dd>
+</dl>
+<p>You may optionally also set the following values:</p>
+
+<dl>
<dt>Lifetime</dt>
<dd>The time for which the cookie will persist, in minutes.</dd>
<dd>A value of 0 indicates that the cookie will persist only for the