Check whether Javascript is enabled

Question

Is there a way to check whether Javascript is enabled or supported by the browser? If it\'s not supported, I would like to redirect the user to a user-friendly error page. <

Answer 1

As yet another option, you can (though it requires a second page visit) use javascript to set a cookie.

If the cookie exists server-side (they have javascript) render the page as normal. During the absense of the cookie, you can either use a Location redirect, or render the appropriate [stripped-down] template to accommodate their lack of javascript support.

page html

page php

if (isset($_COOKIE['hasJS'])){
  // normal page render
}else{
  header('Location: http://mysite.com/index-nojs.php');
}