Cannot set cookies in Javascript

Question

I have a very simple line of code that set and read a cookie. I kept getting empty value for my cookie and have no understanding why. I have cookie enabled and know that coo

Answer 1

Chrome denies file cookies. To make your program work, you going to have to try it in a different browser or upload it to a remote server. Plus, the code for your setcookie and getcookie is essentially wrong. Try using this to set your cookie:

function setCookie(name,value,expires){
   document.cookie = name + "=" + value + ((expires==null) ? "" : ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString())
}

example of usage:

var expirydate=new Date();
expirydate.setTime( expirydate.getTime()+(100*60*60*24*100) )
setCookie('cookiename','cookiedata',expirydate)
// expirydate being a variable with the expiry date in it
// the one i have set for your convenience expires in 10 days

and this to get your cookie:

function getCookie(name) {
   var cookieName = name + "="
   var docCookie = document.cookie
   var cookieStart
   var end

   if (docCookie.length>0) {
      cookieStart = docCookie.indexOf(cookieName)
      if (cookieStart != -1) {
         cookieStart = cookieStart + cookieName.length
         end = docCookie.indexOf(";",cookieStart)
         if (end == -1) {
            end = docCookie.length
         }
         return unescape(docCookie.substring(cookieStart,end))
      }
   }
   return false
}

example of usage:

getCookie('cookiename');

Hope this helps.

Cheers, CoolSmoothie