Check if cookies are enabled

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JavaScript

In JavaScript you simple test for the cookieEnabled property, which is supported in all major browsers. If you deal with an older browser, you can set a cookie and check if it exists. (borrowed from Modernizer):

if (navigator.cookieEnabled) return true;

// set and read cookie
document.cookie = "cookietest=1";
var ret = document.cookie.indexOf("cookietest=") != -1;

// delete cookie
document.cookie = "cookietest=1; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";

return ret;

PHP

In PHP it is rather “complicated” since you have to refresh the page or redirect to another script. Here I will use two scripts:

somescript.php

<?php
session_start();
setcookie('foo', 'bar', time()+3600);
header("location: check.php");

check.php

<?php echo (isset($_COOKIE['foo']) && $_COOKIE['foo']=='bar') ? 'enabled' : 'disabled';

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