RE: [PHP] testing for cookies on the server side (again, still ca n't get my head around it)

> So what's the flow of code to test for cookies on the server > side? I'm > pretty sure that the only way is to set a cookie, then test for it. That is pretty much it. On the first page request to your application, if PHP encounters a session_start() in your code, it will return a cookie named PHPSESSID in the response headers. So you need to look for that cookie in the request for the *second* page. If cookies are enabled in the browser, the browser will return the cookie in the next request. Here's some code to put at the top of the 2nd page: <?php function check_cookies() { global $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS; if(!$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS["PHPSESSID"]) { header("Location: ./cookie_error.php"); exit(); } } ?> I usually make my index.php page just set up the session, etc., then do an automatic redirect to my second page, which is the first visible page. I put the cookie check on this second page. Kirk