Checking if cookies enabled

[gacaccia]

Hi all,

Quick question on cookies. I know the basics of creating cookies and getting info out of cookies, but I'm not sure how to check if cookies are enabled or not. I suppose I could try to create a cookie and then confirm if cookies are enabled or not by then attempting to read the cookie, but is there a more direct way of doing it?

Thanks,

Glenn

 

[NEVERSLEEP]

document.cookie = "blabla";
if (document.cookie == "&quot {
alert('NO');
} else {
alert('YES');
}

will something like that do the job ? ---------------------------------------

someone knowledge ends where
someone else knowledge starts

 

[NEVERSLEEP]

found this also (

http://tutorials.findtutorials.com/read/category/20/id/120

)
// Check whether cookies enabled
function frasetMain_onload()
{
document.cookie = "Enabled=true";
var cookieValid = document.cookie;
// if retrieving the VALUE we just set actually works
// then we know cookies enabled
if (cookieValid.indexOf("Enabled=true&quot != -1)
{
cookiesEnabled = true;
}
else
{
cookiesEnabled = false;
alert("no cookie ? no candy lol"
}
} ---------------------------------------

someone knowledge ends where
someone else knowledge starts

 

[gacaccia]

thanks for the reply,

i tried the solution, but i'm running into some pretty messed up problems. for starters, the code does not appear to work. regardless of whether or not i have cookies enabled or disabled in the browser (ie5.0 on win2000), the code reports cookies to be enabled. also, when i actually check the cookies folder on the hard drive, no cookies are being saved, regardless of my browser settings.

getting frustrated at this point on what should be a simple thing. am i missing something obvious here?

glenn