setCookie() Function
How to set the cookies in javascript?
(or) setCookie function()?
Explanation
The setCookie function is used to set the cookies in javascript.
Example to set cookies, expiry date, value:
function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
var exdate=new Date();//assigns the current date to the variable exDate
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);//sets the expiry date
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+ ((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());//sets the cookie
}
The above function sets the name of the cookies with its value along with the expiry date of the cookie. {
var exdate=new Date();//assigns the current date to the variable exDate
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);//sets the expiry date
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+ ((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());//sets the cookie
}
