Any way to check if the cookies are enabled by the browser?

[MrGary]

Hello,

 

is there any way to check if the cookies are enabled by the user's browser rather than storing a cookie and hoping the user is gonna refresh the page so we can test if something is set in the $_COOKIE variable??

 

I've tried on my localhost, it seems that there are two default cookies (when cookies are enabled) __utma and __utmz, and when the cookies are disabled, the $_COOKIE variable is empty, is that by default in PHP?? Can I rely on that?

 

Enable cookies and test the result of

<?php

print_r(var_dump($_COOKIE));

?>

 

Disable cookies and test the same page, do you get the same results as me?

 

Thanks