http://www.pelaphptutorials.com/article/php-checking-to-see-if-a-users-browser-accepts-cookies.html

Also I’m wondering if you need to throw an exit(); after the header redirect?

<?php
setcookie ('test', "yes", time() + 60);
echo 'value of $_COOKIE[test]: '.$_COOKIE['test']."”;
echo ‘value of $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS[test]: ‘.$HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['test'].”";
setcookie (‘test’, “”, time() + 60);
?>

run that code, and you will get no output, then, comment out the last line;
//setcookie (‘test’, “”, time() + 60);

and it takes the first page refresh to load the cookie, then the 2nd page refresh to display the output.

OK, i hope you guys like this, i got something working here;

<?php
//php cookie check script to warn browser if no cookies are loaded
if(!(isset($_COOKIE['CHECK']))){
if (!(isset($_GET['COOKIE_TEST'])))
setcookie ('CHECK', "cookies are enabled", time() + 60*60);//do a cookie check once per 1 hour
//If no error message yet, then do the redirect to load the cookie, otherwise load the error message
if(!(isset($_GET['COOKIE_TEST']))){
$query = strstr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'],'?');
if(!(empty($query)))
$newquery = '&';
else
$newquery = '?' ;
$string = 'COOKIE_TEST';
header('Location: ' . $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] . $newquery . $string);
exit;
//setcookie ('test', "", time() + 60);
} else
echo 'You must enable cookies on your browser to use the shopping cart!‘;
} else {
//echo’cookies are enabled’;
//echo $_COOKIE['CHECK'].”";
//echo $HTTP_COOKIE_VARS['CHECK'].”";
}
?>

http://snippets.bluejon.co.uk/check4-js-and-cookies/check4-js-and-cookie-enabled-v3-phpcode.php

and add the code
setcookie(“exits”, “”);
to teh end of teh script.

no matter what, you need a header() refresh to another page to test if that cookie was active, theres no way to do it in one swipe.

in order to see what im talking about,
add this at the end of your script, which will kill the cookie each time at teh end of the page load for proper testing,

then disable javascript, leaving cookies enabled, and load the page, you will see only the javascript error, now enable the javascript and you will see the cookie error, each time, until you remove that piece of code.

to rest for cookies, you will need some kind of header() redirect to load a 2nd page to test for the cookie that was enabled on the first page WHEN javascript is enabled.

in essence, this script is only valid for cookies when javascript is ENABLED, therefore it is not a valid test for cookies at all, and it mainly useless.

$_COOKIE['test']

instead of:

$_COOKIE[test]

I use a lot of PHP and that’s always how I’ve done it.

if (!navigator.cookieEnabled) {
document.write(“No Cookies”);
}else{
document.write(“Cookies Ok”);
}