How to Fix Magento Login Issues with Cookies and Sessions
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In this article are looking at how Magento cookies can create issues with the login functionality of both the customer-facing front-end and admin back-end, the reason it occurs and how it should be resolved.
This is also known as the looping issue, as the screen redirects itself to the same screen, even though the username and password is correct.
A script is provided at the end of the article which can help detect a few of the issues. Feel free to use and modify as per your needs.
What is a Cookie?
A cookie is a piece of text that a web server can store on a user's hard drive, and can also later retrieve it. Magento uses cookies in Cart & Backend Admin functionalities...