setting and calling a cookie in javascript

[cwesty]

Hello all.

I am trying to set a cooie and have it called once the page is opened...

the function i've used is:

function setCookie() {
document.cookie = "pageVisit="+now+";expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString(value)
}

which is stored in a seperate .js file.

On the index page, there is the following embedded in the html:


<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

setCookie();

</script>

For some reason, no cookie is being set, and wasn't sure why...

any thoughts?

 

[mnkeybsness]

What is the variable value? are you setting that elsewhere? I don't think you actually need that there at all. Also, is the external javascript file loaded before you run the inline setCookie()?

 

[Trogloxene]

Many browsers have an option where you can turn off the option to accept cookies. Easy to check...

-T

 

[cwesty]

What is the variable value? are you setting that elsewhere? I don't think you actually need that there at all. Also, is the external javascript file loaded before you run the inline setCookie()?

it's:


now = new Date
expireDate = new Date
expireDate.setMonth(expireDate.getMonth()+6)
lastVisit = new Date(cookieVal("pageVisit"))
document.cookie = "pageVisit="+now+";expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString()