Something else to consider is that if someone is kinda smart they can place
the
variable into the url. So, if it is important you may want to put a
checksum or token in there.
Rick
At 08:52 AM 3/6/01 -0800, you wrote:
>On 6 Mar 2001 07:53:46 -0800, kevin1 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >How can I tell reliably if someone has cookies turned off?
>
>Set a cookie on your site (perhaps the homepage?) and use code like this:
>
> if (!empty($UserHasCookies)) {
> echo 'Whew - you do have cookies';
> }
>
>The idea is to set your code to assume that cookie support is disabled unless
>it finds a cookie saying otherwise. That way it'll fail safely if someone
>either doesn't have a cookie or their browser discards the cookie halfway
>through. This may seem silly, but some people get *really* paranoid about
>cookies. Combined with the increasingly good cookie management in modern
>browsers and just about anything is possible - this is in fact the major
>shortcoming to code like the above - it's possible for someone to accept one
>cookie and deny another, so just being able to set a cookie once does not mean
>that you will be able to set another.
>
>Chris
>
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