Cannot Log into Joomla 3.x Administrator Back End - Administrator Login Keeps Refreshing.

Today I encountered a rather frustrating incident with a Joomla 3.6.5 installation I was migrating.

After successfully moving files and importing the database and configuring the site (configuration.php), I could not login to the Administrator which kept refreshing. All searches pointed to cache files, session tables and .htaccess file as well as checking configuration parameters.

I didn't however find any mention of cookie path and cookie domain

public $cookie_domain = '';
public $cookie_path = '';

It happened that I had modified them on my local server and these modifications were preventing the administrator logging in when I migrated the website.

What made the difference was to clear whatever I had put in the $cookie_path and $cookie_domain in configuration.php and resaving the file.

In configuration.php

Change public $cookie_domain = 'xxxxxxxxx'; to public $cookie_domain = '';
Change public $cookie_path = 'xxxxx'; to public $cookie_path = '';

 Let me know how it works out for you in the comments.

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