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JavaScript DHTML » Development » Cookie 
Cookie: retrieve a future expiration date in proper format

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
  "http://www.w3.org/tr/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<!-- 
     Example File From "JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook"
     Published by O'Reilly & Associates
     Copyright 2003 Danny Goodman
-->
<html>
<head>
<title>Recipe 10.04a</title>
<style rel="stylesheet" id="mainStyle" type="text/css">
html {background-color:#cccccc}
body {background-color:#eeeeee; font-family:Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; 
      font-size:12px;
    margin-left:15%; margin-right:15%; border:3px groove darkred; padding:15px}
h1 {text-align:right; font-size:1.5em; font-weight:bold}
h2 {text-align:left; font-size:1.1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline}
.buttons {margin-top:10px}

</style>
<script type="text/javascript">
/* cookies.js */
/*
     Example File From "JavaScript and DHTML Cookbook"
     Published by O'Reilly & Associates
     Copyright 2003 Danny Goodman
*/

// utility function to retrieve a future expiration date in proper format;
// pass three integer parameters for the number of days, hours,
// and minutes from now you want the cookie to expire; all three
// parameters required, so use zeros where appropriate
function getExpDate(days, hours, minutes) {
    var expDate = new Date();
    if (typeof days == "number" && typeof hours == "number" && typeof hours == "number") {
        expDate.setDate(expDate.getDate() + parseInt(days));
        expDate.setHours(expDate.getHours() + parseInt(hours));
        expDate.setMinutes(expDate.getMinutes() + parseInt(minutes));
        return expDate.toGMTString();
    }
}

// utility function called by getCookie()
function getCookieVal(offset) {
    var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
    if (endstr == -1) {
        endstr = document.cookie.length;
    }
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

// primary function to retrieve cookie by name
function getCookie(name) {
    var arg = name + "=";
    var alen = arg.length;
    var clen = document.cookie.length;
    var i = 0;
    while (i < clen) {
        var j = i + alen;
        if (document.cookie.substring(i, j== arg) {
            return getCookieVal(j);
        }
        i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i1;
        if (i == 0break
    }
    return null;
}

// store cookie value with optional details as needed
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value+
        ((expires"; expires=" + expires : ""+
        ((path"; path=" + path : ""+
        ((domain"; domain=" + domain : ""+
        ((secure"; secure" "");
}

// remove the cookie by setting ancient expiration date
function deleteCookie(name,path,domain) {
    if (getCookie(name)) {
        document.cookie = name + "=" +
            ((path"; path=" + path : ""+
            ((domain"; domain=" + domain : ""+
            "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
    }
}


</script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
function saveValues() {
  setCookie("name1", document.forms[0].name1.value);
  setCookie("name2", document.forms[0].name2.value);
  setCookie("color", document.forms[0].color.options[document.forms[0].color.selectedIndex].value);
}

function applyValues() {
  var form = document.forms[0];
  form.name1.value = (getCookie("name1")) ? getCookie("name1""";
  form.name2.value = (getCookie("name2")) ? getCookie("name2""";
  var selValue = (getCookie("color")) ? getCookie("color""";
  if (selValue) {
    for (var i = 0; i < form.color.options.length; i++) {
      if (form.color.options[i].value == selValue) {
        form.color.selectedIndex = i;
        break;
      }
    }
  }
}

</script>
</head>
<body onunload="saveValues()" onload="applyValues()">
<form>
<h1>Page One</h1>
<hr>
First Name: <input type="text" name="name1" id="name1"><br>
Last Name: <input type="text" name="name2" id="name2"><br>
Your favorite color: <select id="color" name="color">
  <option value="">Pick a color:</option>
  <option value="Red">Red</option>
  <option value="Green">Green</option>
  <option value="Blue">Blue</option>
</select>
</form>
</body>
</html>


           
       
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