Interactivity, Java Script, Cookies?

Question

I´ve created a page with lots of interactivity which does not work when Java Script is turned off. I could probably do some new pages with less or no interactivity, but how can I get the browser to recognize, which page to choose depending on JavaScript being turned on or off?
Thank you for your help, Alex

Answer 1

Hi
If you have php on your server you can use the following code to detect if javascript is enabled -
<?php
if (isset($_POST['jstest'])) {
   $nojs = FALSE;
   } else {
   // create a hidden form and submit it with javascript
   echo '<form name="jsform" id="jsform" method="post" style="display:none">';
   echo '<input name="jstest" type="text" value="true" />';
    echo '<script language="javascript">';
   echo 'document.jsform.submit();';
   echo '</script>';
    echo '</form>';
    // the variable below would be set only if the form wasn't submitted, hence JS is disabled
   $nojs = TRUE;
if ($nojs){
   //JS is OFF, do the PHP stuff
?>
In the section ($nojs), you would insert your page redirect code here to the none javascript page.
I cannot take credit for this code, to read the article, see - http://www.inspirationbit.com/php-js-detection-of-javascript-browser-settings/
M.R.Biesheuvel wrote -
Cookies are a part of HTPP protocol and they where originally meant for
server side, so even if javascript is turned of you can use cookies from
server side, unless cookies are turned of....
The 'cookies' referred to here, are known as 'session cookies', and are not the same as javascript cookies.
PZ
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