Help Me With Cookies, HTML and IE8

xarzu · 02-13-2011, 04:30 PM

Help Me With Cookies, HTML and IE8

For complex reasons, I have to use HTML with JavaScript to set a cookie. I know it is easy to set and get cookies PHP but I have to put the code in HTML.

I have searched the internet for some examples and I ran a test based on an example. I ran this Javascript code:
????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/702146-help-me-with-cookies-html-ie8.html

Code:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">

function putCookie() 
{
	cookie_name = "specialcookiehuge";
	
 	if(document.cookie != document.cookie) 
	{
		index = document.cookie.indexOf(cookie_name);
	}
	else 
	{ 
		index = -1;
	}

	if (index == -1)
	{
		document.cookie=cookie_name+"; expires=Monday, 04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT";
	}

}
</SCRIPT>

I tested this code by placing alert statements and I nkow that the line:

Code:

document.cookie=cookie_name+"; expires=Monday, 04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT";

gets run.

I tried to find this cookie (Tools --> Internet Options --> Browsing History -->Settings) And I did not find anything named "specialcookiehuge" in "View Objects" or "View Files".

I guess I could try other browsers, but it would be good to know what I am doing wrong. I do not know if I am really setting a cookie. Is there some additional javascript command I am missing? Or, is the cookie being set but I am not looking in the right place according to the tutorials I saw online?

02-13-2011, 04:30 PM	THREAD STARTER #1 (permalink)
xarzu NamePros Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 28	Help Me With Cookies, HTML and IE8 Help Me With Cookies, HTML and IE8 For complex reasons, I have to use HTML with JavaScript to set a cookie. I know it is easy to set and get cookies PHP but I have to put the code in HTML. I have searched the internet for some examples and I ran a test based on an example. I ran this Javascript code: ????: NamePros.com http://www.namepros.com/programming/702146-help-me-with-cookies-html-ie8.html Code: <SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript"> function putCookie() { cookie_name = "specialcookiehuge"; if(document.cookie != document.cookie) { index = document.cookie.indexOf(cookie_name); } else { index = -1; } if (index == -1) { document.cookie=cookie_name+"; expires=Monday, 04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT"; } } </SCRIPT> I tested this code by placing alert statements and I nkow that the line: Code: document.cookie=cookie_name+"; expires=Monday, 04-Apr-2020 05:00:00 GMT"; gets run. I tried to find this cookie (Tools --> Internet Options --> Browsing History -->Settings) And I did not find anything named "specialcookiehuge" in "View Objects" or "View Files". I guess I could try other browsers, but it would be good to know what I am doing wrong. I do not know if I am really setting a cookie. Is there some additional javascript command I am missing? Or, is the cookie being set but I am not looking in the right place according to the tutorials I saw online? __________________ There is nothing stronger than human will. Nothing can stop it.

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