Cookie expiration date

Question

I am not a programmer. I am trying to use a cookie script that remembers the last drop down menu selection.

I found a script that works but it does only a session co

Answer 1

This is for setting the expiry date in terms of days(5 days here)

function setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {     
  var d = new Date();
  d.setTime(d.getTime() + exdays * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000);
  var expires = "expires="+d.toUTCString();

}

function getCookie(cname) {        
  var name = cname + "=";
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for(var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
      c = c.substring(1);
    }
    if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
      return c.substring(name.length, c.length);
    }
  }
  return "";
}
function checkCookie() {
  var user = getCookie("username");
  if (user != "") {
     //your code goes here
  } else {
     //your code goes here
    if (user != "" && user != null) {
      setCookie("username", user, 5);
    }
  }
}

Answer 2

You could try this:

function SETcookie(){  
  var validity_days = 7;
  var expires = validity_days * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
  var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
  document.cookie="Selected="+document.getElementById('myList').selectedIndex + ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() + ";";
}

Answer 3

May be this will help

document.cookie = "coolName"+ "=" +"coolValue"+ ";" + "expires="+ new Date(new Date().getTime()+60*60*1000*24).toGMTString()+";path=/";

Answer 4

try

var a = new Date();
a = new Date(a.getTime() +1000*60*60*24*365);
document.cookie = 'mycookie=somevalue; expires='+a.toGMTString()+';'; 

PS. The value 1000*60*60*24*365 = 1 Year

To Get the selected index try this GETcookie:

function GETcookie(){    
if (document.cookie){    
var a = document.cookie;
Selected = a.substring(a.search('Selected=')+9,a.search(';'));
alert("Selected = " + Selected);
document.getElementById('myList').selectedIndex=Selected;
}}

Answer 5

This is for setting the expiry date in terms of minutes(5 minutes here)

function setCookie(cname, cvalue, exdays) {     
  var d = new Date();
  d.setTime(d.getTime() + exdays * 60 * 1000);
  var expires = "expires="+d.toUTCString();

}

function getCookie(cname) {        
  var name = cname + "=";
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  for(var i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0) == ' ') {
      c = c.substring(1);
    }
    if (c.indexOf(name) == 0) {
      return c.substring(name.length, c.length);
    }
  }
  return "";
}
function checkCookie() {
  var user = getCookie("username");
  if (user != "") {
     //your code goes here
  } else {
     //your code goes here
    if (user != "" && user != null) {
      setCookie("username", user, 5);
    }
  }
}

Answer 6

Here's function which is 100% working and has no depreciated functions.

function setCookie(variable, value, expires_seconds) {
    var d = new Date();
    d = new Date(d.getTime() + 1000 * expires_seconds);
    document.cookie = variable + '=' + value + '; expires=' + d.toGMTString() + ';';
}