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Revision: 37054
at December 3, 2010 03:54 by delineo


Initial Code
<html>
<head>
  <title>jquery cookie</title>

  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.1.min.js"></script>
  <script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.cookie.js"></script>

  <script type="text/javascript">

    $(function($) {

      function displayMessage(msg) {
        $('#message').html(msg).css({color: 'green'});
      }

      displayMessage('jQuery cookie plugin test');

      $('#setSessionCookie').click(function() { 
        $.cookie('test', 'Hmmm, cookie');
        displayMessage("Cookie 'test' has been set.");
      });

      $('#setCookie').click(function() {
        $.cookie('test', 'Hmmm, cookie', { expires: 7 });
        displayMessage("Cookie 'test' has been set and will expire in 7 days.");
      });

      $('#getCookie').click(function() {
        displayMessage("The value of the cookie named 'test' is: " + $.cookie('test'));
      });

      $('#deleteCookie').click(function() {
        $.cookie('test', null);
        displayMessage("Cookie 'test' has been deleted.");
      });

      $('#testCookiesEnabled').click(function() {
        $.cookie('testcookiesenabled', null);
        $.cookie('testcookiesenabled', 'enabled');
        if ($.cookie('testcookiesenabled')) {
          displayMessage("Cookie: "+ $.cookie('testcookiesenabled'));
        } else {
          displayMessage("Cookies disabled");
          $.cookie('testcookiesenabled', null);
        }
      });

    });

  </script>

</head>

<body>

<p><span id="message" style="forecolor: red;"></span>

<p><input type="button" id="testCookiesEnabled" value="Cookies enabled?"/></p>

<p><input type="button" id="setSessionCookie" value="Set session cookie"/></p>

<p><input type="button" id="setCookie" value="Set cookie expires in  7 days"/></p>

<p><input type="button" id="getCookie" value="Show cookie value"/></p>

<p><input type="button" id="deleteCookie" value="Delete the cookie"/></p>

</body>
</html>


jquery.cookie.js - 

/**
* Cookie plugin
*
* Copyright (c) 2006 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
*
*/

/**
* Create a cookie with the given name and value and other optional parameters.
*
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
* @desc Set the value of a cookie.
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', { expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true });
* @desc Create a cookie with all available options.
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
* @desc Create a session cookie.
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', null);
* @desc Delete a cookie by passing null as value. Keep in mind that you have to use the same path and domain
*       used when the cookie was set.
*
* @param String name The name of the cookie.
* @param String value The value of the cookie.
* @param Object options An object literal containing key/value pairs to provide optional cookie attributes.
* @option Number|Date expires Either an integer specifying the expiration date from now on in days or a Date object.
*                             If a negative value is specified (e.g. a date in the past), the cookie will be deleted.
*                             If set to null or omitted, the cookie will be a session cookie and will not be retained
*                             when the the browser exits.
* @option String path The value of the path atribute of the cookie (default: path of page that created the cookie).
* @option String domain The value of the domain attribute of the cookie (default: domain of page that created the cookie).
* @option Boolean secure If true, the secure attribute of the cookie will be set and the cookie transmission will
*                        require a secure protocol (like HTTPS).
* @type undefined
*
* @name $.cookie
* @cat Plugins/Cookie
* @author Klaus Hartl/[email protected]
*/

/**
* Get the value of a cookie with the given name.
*
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie');
* @desc Get the value of a cookie.
*
* @param String name The name of the cookie.
* @return The value of the cookie.
* @type String
*
* @name $.cookie
* @cat Plugins/Cookie
* @author Klaus Hartl/[email protected]
*/
jQuery.cookie = function (name, value, options) {
    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
        options = options || {};
        if (value === null) {
            value = '';
            options.expires = -1;
        }
        var expires = '';
        if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {
            var date;
            if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {
                date = new Date();
                date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
            } else {
                date = options.expires;
            }
            expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
        }
        // CAUTION: Needed to parenthesize options.path and options.domain
        // in the following expressions, otherwise they evaluate to undefined
        // in the packed version for some reason...
        var path = options.path ? '; path=' + (options.path) : '';
        var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + (options.domain) : '';
        var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';
        document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');
    } else { // only name given, get cookie
        var cookieValue = null;
        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
                // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
                    break;
                }
            }
        }
        return cookieValue;
    }
};

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Initial Title
Cookies - set, get, delete

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jQuery