Delicious Cookies

JavaScriptSource Staff Mar 31, 2006

General

This collection will help you to set, get, and delete cookies. It's a nice little collection that should prove to be invaluable.

Notes

Created by: Public Domain (Thanks to Dustin Diaz)
Web Site: http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript/
Posted: March 31, 2006

Source Code

Paste this source code into the designated areas.

External file

Paste this code into an external JavaScript file named: deliciousCookies.js

function getCookie( name ) {
  var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
  var len = start + name.length + 1;
  if ( ( !start ) && ( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) ) {
    return null;
  }
  if ( start == -1 ) return null;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ";", len );
  if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}

function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
  var today = new Date();
  today.setTime( today.getTime() );
  if ( expires ) {
    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
  }
  var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
  document.cookie = name+"="+escape( value ) +
    ( ( expires ) ? ";expires="+expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //expires.toGMTString()
    ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
    ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
    ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

function deleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
  if ( getCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" +
    ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
    ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
    ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}

Head

Paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML document.


<script type="text/javascript" src="deliciousCookies.js"></script>

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