Can Internet Explorer send cookies from Flash?

Question

I have a webpage that embeds a flash widget that sends AJAX POSTs. I use PHP to interpret these on the server.

The problem is that Internet Explorer doesn't send the "Cookie" HTTP header from the requests generated in the Flash, so I'm unable to pick up my PHP session on the server.

Chrome and FF do send the Cookie header from inside the flash.

I've tried the P3P headers and browser security settings changes.

Does anyone know if this is possible within IE? I can't change the flash, so would have to be a browser setting, or ideally, some HTTP change...

Answer 1

If its a problem with IE you can probably fix it for yourself by installing the newest version of IE and Flash on your computer. Other people are probably going to have trouble with it however. I really don't know what you are talking about with "Cookie" header but I don't see why that would stop you from handling a request if it is getting sent. If you wanted to post the code that is handling the request that would probably be helpful.

In reality, you probably shouldn't be using a Flash solution to handle your ajax requests.