JAVASCRIPT TUTORIALS - Javascript - Cookies

Javascript - Cookies

Syntax:


document.cookie = "key1=value1;key2=value2;expires=date";

Example:


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function WriteCookie()
{
   if( document.myform.customer.value == "" ){
      alert("Enter some value!");
      return;
   }

   cookievalue= escape(document.myform.customer.value) + ";";
   document.cookie="name=" + cookievalue;
   alert("Setting Cookies : " + "name=" + cookievalue );
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie();"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Example:


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function ReadCookie()
{
   var allcookies = document.cookie;
   alert("All Cookies : " + allcookies );

   // Get all the cookies pairs in an array
   cookiearray  = allcookies.split(';');

   // Now take key value pair out of this array
   for(var i=0; i<cookiearray.length; i++){
      name = cookiearray[i].split('=')[0];
      value = cookiearray[i].split('=')[1];
      alert("Key is : " + name + " and Value is : " + value);
   }
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="myform" action="">
<input type="button" value="Get Cookie" onclick="ReadCookie()"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Example:


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function WriteCookie()
{
   var now = new Date();
   now.setMonth( now.getMonth() + 1 ); 
   cookievalue = escape(document.myform.customer.value) + ";"
   document.cookie="name=" + cookievalue;
   document.cookie = "expires=" + now.toUTCString() + ";"
   alert("Setting Cookies : " + "name=" + cookievalue );
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="formname" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie()"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>

Example:


<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
function WriteCookie()
{
   var now = new Date();
   now.setMonth( now.getMonth() - 1 ); 
   cookievalue = escape(document.myform.customer.value) + ";"
   document.cookie="name=" + cookievalue;
   document.cookie = "expires=" + now.toUTCString() + ";"
   alert("Setting Cookies : " + "name=" + cookievalue );
}
//-->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="formname" action="">
Enter name: <input type="text" name="customer"/>
<input type="button" value="Set Cookie" onclick="WriteCookie()"/>
</form>
</body>
</html>