What is the difference between using location.hostname and document.domain?
I think an explanation with an example would be helpful.
What is the difference between using location.hostname and document.domain? I think an explanation with
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What is the difference between using location.hostname and document.domain?
I think an explanation with an example would be helpful.
It seems that
document.domainis a read only property, except in Mozilla, which lets you change the value of the domain that is used for the same origin policy of (for example) AJAX requests without actually updating the page.The restrictions on this are the same rules of the Same Origin Policy.
At least this is my understanding of the MDC docs for
document.domain.From the docs:
Try updating
document.domainandwindow.location.hostnameto a new value in the console, and see the difference.