# 3 Questions about Session and Cookies usage with PHP

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3-questions-about-session-and-cookies-usage-with-php/84018>\
**Category:** programming\
**Created:** [March 23, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3-questions-about-session-and-cookies-usage-with-php/84018 "2005-03-23T23:56:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [March 23, 2005, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/3-questions-about-session-and-cookies-usage-with-php/84018/1 "2005-03-23T23:56:39Z")

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**Q1**  
Since sessions in PHP rely on cookies being enabled on the users computer, what happens if the user decides not to use cookies, how could I still maintain the session or how can use sessions in php without using cookies?

**Q2**  
In my php file how would I be able to detect if a user has cookies enabled?  
I have a php page that has a simple message saying “Please enable cookies”. I want to redirect to this page if the user has cookies disabled?

**Q3**  
Can someone tell me if it is possible to set and access a cookie in the same page like you can do with sessions?

Thanks