Creating Cookies

[John]

how can i create a cookie in java script? i basically want a function that does the equivilant of this in php

setcookie('clicked', "TRUE", time()+99999) 

what i intend is to have a link, and when it is clicked, the javascript create a cookie

<a href="http://www.google.com" onclick"CookieClick()">gooooogle</a>

or something like that

CookieClick() would then create the cookie

[Blaze]

You access them by the document.cookie

document.cookie =
  'ppkcookie1=testcookie; expires=Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC; path=/'

1. First the name-value pair ('ppkcookie1=testcookie')
2. then a semicolon and a space
3. then the expiry date in the correct format ('expires=Thu, 2 Aug 2001 20:47:11 UTC')
4. again a semicolon and a space
5. then the path (path=/)


From: http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html

[John]

that seems easy enough..also rather then specifying a specific date, would it be possable to create it so the cookies expire 24 hours after they are created (dynamically)

[Void]

Yes, here is some code:

var expireDate = new Date()
expireDate.setHours(expireDate.getHours()-10)

Add it here:

document.cookie =
  'ppkcookie1=testcookie; path=/; expires=' + expireDate.toGMTString();

However, this is untested. I just took it from some other code on the web.

[john123]

Yes, here is some code:

var expireDate = new Date()
expireDate.setHours(expireDate.getHours()-10)

Add it here:

document.cookie =
  'ppkcookie1=testcookie; path=/; expires=' + expireDate.toGMTString();

However, this is untested. I just took it from some other code on the web.

that is also fairly simple

[DarkLordoftheMonkeys]

Use the cookie property of the document object. cookie is simply a single string that stores all of the individual cookies for that web page. Unlike other strings, it is mutable, so you can set its value as you would a variable.

I suggest you read Javascript: The Definitive Guide to learn more about this. I got it from Amazon for about $25, read it, and now I'm pretty much an expert on Javascript (well, sort of. I still have a long way to go, but I'm pretty proficient). There's an entire chapter devoted to cookies. It's really good if you want to gain a full, in-depth understanding of the language.

[UbuntuX]

document.cookie ="CookieName=Value ; expires=Expire Valid Date ; path= ; Domain ; Secure"

Date should be in UTC or GMT

It's easy if u can't it means noob