Re: session cookies enabled?

setcookie("cookie_name", "value"); //redirect to another page using header header("location:".$your_url); //check in $your_url for the presence for the cookie if ($_COOKIE["cookie_name"] == "value"){ //cookies are enabled - add your code } else{ //cookies are disabled - add your code } Hope that helps! -- itoctopus - http://www.itoctopus.com <ccspencer@softhome.net> wrote in message news:courier.4640D5F4.00004E62@softhome.net... > Richard Lynch writes: >>> How does one check to see if the user's browser accepts >>> session cookies? > > Apparently I should have said cookie and left off the 's' as > that is what I had in mind. >> Send one cookie, see if it comes back, and if it does, tie everything to >> that cookie. > > OK. So how do I see if it comes back? > I send the user a page that tries to set a session cookie. That > page would then have to forward him to a second page which would > check for the cookie being sent. Right? > So I there is nothing I can check so I can do it with a single page? >> You can also set up php.ini and use the built-in sessions with >> http://php.net/session_start so that PHP will take care of this for you. > > That is what I was intending to do. How do I find out if whether > or not the session cookie was accepted using the built-in sessions? > I found no function for such a test. > Best, > Craig > > > ------------------------------------------------------ > - Virtual Phonecards - Instant Pin by Email - > - Large Selection - Great Rates - > - http://speedypin.com/?aff=743&co_branded=1 - > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > ************************************** > * * > * Craig Spencer * > * ccspencer@SoftHome.net * > * * > **************************************