Check if cookies are enabled

I tried to do a quick search, is there any fairly simple way of checking if cookies are enabled in a browser before starting our game? I had to debug a data saving feature for a game I am working on for about 2 hours last night until I realized I am a big dope and forgot to enable cookies for my local host

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The best way is to check it before the game loads, with a java script like this.

function are_cookies_enabled()

{

     var cookieEnabled = (navigator.cookieEnabled) ? true : false;

     if (typeof navigator.cookieEnabled == "undefined" && !cookieEnabled)

     {

          document.cookie="testcookie";

          cookieEnabled = (document.cookie.indexOf("testcookie") != -1) ? true : false;

     }

     return (cookieEnabled);

}

If you want the game to know if cookies are enabled, you can call this function trough AJAX and handle teh response.

fantastic, thank you for your help

Or simpler and more C2 like use the condition "Cookies enabled" from the Browser plugin.

yeah he can do that, but if the game is large and it will not work with cookies disabled, my way will be faster and more effective.