php

Detect if cookies are enabled in PHP

Viewed 64 times

I am trying to detect if a user on my page has cookies enabled or not. The following code performs the check, but, I have no idea on how to redirect the user to the page they came from.

The script starts a session and checks if it has already checked for cookies. If not, it redirects the user to a test page, and since I had called session_start() in the first page, I should see the PHPSESSID cookie if the user agent has cookies enabled.

The problem is, ths script might be called from any page of my site, and I will have to redirect them back to their selected page, say index.php?page=news&postid=4.

session_start();
// Check if client accepts cookies //
if (!isset($_SESSION['cookies_ok'])) {
    if (isset($_GET['cookie_test'])) {
        if (!isset($_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'])) {
            die('Cookies are disabled');
        } else {
            $_SESSION['cookies_ok'] = true;
            header(-------- - ? ? ? ? ? -------- -);
            exit();
        }
    }
    if (!isset($_COOKIE['PHPSESSID'])) {
        header('Location: index.php?cookie_test=1');
        exit();
    }
}

Answers

I think its better to make one file set cookie and redirect to another file. Then the next file can check the value and determine if cookie is enabled. See the example.

Create two files, cookiechecker.php and stat.php

// cookiechecker.php
// save the referrer in session. if cookie works we can get back to it later.
session_start();
$_SESSION['page'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
// setting cookie to test
setcookie('foo', 'bar', time()+3600);
header("location: stat.php");

and

stat.php

<?php if(isset($_COOKIE['foo']) && $_COOKIE['foo']=='bar'): 
// cookie is working
session_start();
// get back to our old page
header("location: {$_SESSION['page']}");
else:            // show the message ?>
cookie is not working
<? endif; ?>

Load cookiechecker.php in browser it'll tell cookie is working. Call it with command line like curl. It'll say, cookie is not working

Update

Here is a single file solution.

session_start();

if (isset($_GET['check']) && $_GET['check'] == true) {
    if (isset($_COOKIE['foo']) && $_COOKIE['foo'] == 'bar') {
        // cookie is working
        // get back to our old page
        header("location: {$_SESSION['page']}");
    } else {
        // show the message "cookie is not working"
    }
} else {
    // save the referrer in session. if cookie works we can get back to it later.
    $_SESSION['page'] = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
   // set a cookie to test
    setcookie('foo', 'bar', time() + 3600);
    // redirecting to the same page to check 
    header("location: {$_SERVER['PHP_SELF']}?check=true");
}

Wednesday, August 31, 2022

lemming.6-fcc3b59a9b53

Here's what worked best for me when trying to script this (in case anyone else comes across this like I did):

$ pecl -d php_suffix=5.6 install <package>
$ pecl uninstall -r <package>

$ pecl -d php_suffix=7.0 install <package>
$ pecl uninstall -r <package>

$ pecl -d php_suffix=7.1 install <package>
$ pecl uninstall -r <package>

The -d php_suffix=<version> piece allows you to set config values at run time vs pre-setting them with pecl config-set. The uninstall -r bit does not actually uninstall it (from the docs):

vagrant@homestead:~$ pecl help uninstall
pecl uninstall [options] [channel/]<package> ...
Uninstalls one or more PEAR packages.  More than one package may be
specified at once.  Prefix with channel name to uninstall from a
channel not in your default channel (pecl.php.net)

Options:
  ...
  -r, --register-only
        do not remove files, only register the packages as not installed
  ...

The uninstall line is necessary otherwise installing it will remove any previously installed version, even if it was for a different PHP version (ex: Installing an extension for PHP 7.0 would remove the 5.6 version if the package was still registered as installed).

Monday, December 12, 2022

shankar_damodaran

Have you try enabling session.use_trans_sid ?

Saturday, October 29, 2022

mikebridge

I used this:

function areCookiesEnabled() {
    try {
      document.cookie = 'cookietest=1';
      var cookiesEnabled = document.cookie.indexOf('cookietest=') !== -1;
      document.cookie = 'cookietest=1; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT';
      return cookiesEnabled;
    } catch (e) {
      return false;
    }
}

From Modernizr library

Friday, December 9, 2022

pbskumar

Never used any of those, but they look interesting..

Take a look at Gearman as well.. more overhead in systems like these but you get other cool stuff :) Guess it depends on your needs ..

Friday, November 11, 2022

the_falvert

Only authorized users can answer the search term. Please sign in first, or register a free account.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged :

php