User:Quarl/cookie.js

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// [[User:Quarl/cookie.js]] - cookie functions
 
// Note: careful changing this, as popups.js uses this as well!
 
// <pre><nowiki>
 
// based on http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
 
// use kooky name to avoid name clashes
var kookie = new Object();
 
kookie.set = function(name, value, days, path)
{
    if (days) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
        var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
 
    // use path="" for no path; path=null defaults to root
    if (path == null) path = "/";
    if (path) path = "; path="+path;
    else path = "";
 
    document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + path;
}
 
kookie.get = function(name)
{
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    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,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
    }
    return null;
}
 
kookie.erase = function(name)
{
    createCookie(name,"",-1);
}
 
// deprecated aliases
createCookie = kookie.set;
readCookie = kookie.get;
eraseCookie = kookie.erase;
 
// </nowiki></pre>