Re: Cookies detect and $_SESSION

if (isset($_SESSION['cookie'])) { print error_message; } ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Dubuc" <aajdubuc@webhart.net> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 5:09 PM Subject: [PHP] Cookies detect and $_SESSION > I'm trying to detect whether the user has cookies enabled on my opening page. > > Only as I neared the end of coding, have I discovered that my site is totally > dependent upon cookies since $_SESSION['whatever_has_been_set] uses cookies! > > So far, I've tried setting <?php $_SESSION['cookie'] = "yes"; > session_write_close(); ?> in the first lines before the headers are set (with > <?php session_start(); ob_start(); ?>). > > Later in the code, I've tried to pick up the empty Array that $_SESSION > produces if the user has cookies disabled: > > <?php > > if ($_SESSION['cookie'] == "yes") { } > else { > print ("<h2>Cookies must be enabled to use this site</h2>"); > } > > ?> > > I've also tried (instead of 'else') > elseif ($_SESSION['cookie'] == "") { > print ("<h2>Cookies must be enabled to use this site</h2>"); > } > > and > elseif (is_null($_SESSION['cookie'] ) { > print ("<h2>Cookies must be enabled to use this site</h2>"); > } > > These do not work. Any ideas where I'm going wrong? Any help greatly > appreciated. > > Regards, Andre > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >