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 > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ########################################################## # Rick St Jean, # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # President of Design Shark, # http://www.designshark.com/ # Quick Contact: http://www.designshark.com/messaging.ihtml # Tel: 905-684-2952 ########################################################## -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]