AJAX

Cookies - I delete them and they creep back up

Please support our JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX advertiser: PostgreSQL or MySQL? Compare and contrast the two most popular open source databases

•

Join Date: Mar 2009

Posts: 7

Reputation: EJM is an unknown quantity at this point

Solved Threads: 0

EJM

Offline

Newbie Poster

Cookies - I delete them and they creep back up

Apr 14th, 2009

Hi...
Can some one point out as to why my code does not work?
I've created some cookies like this:

 Help with Code Tags 
 JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
var gotCookies = get_cookie(cookie_name);
var exdate = new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+10);
if(gotCookies != null)
{
    //var gotCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");         
    //var old_selection = gotCookie[0].split(", ");
    var new_selection = cbId;
    document.cookie = cookie_name+"="+gotCookies + ',<' + escape(new_selection) + ">,expires="+exdate.toGMTString() + ',path=/';
}
else
{
    // Write a new cookie
    var new_selection = cbId;
    document.cookie = cookie_name + '=<'+escape(new_selection) + ">,expires="+exdate.toGMTString() + ',path=/';
}
var gotCookies = get_cookie(cookie_name);
var exdate = new Date();
exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+10);
if(gotCookies != null)
{
    //var gotCookie = document.cookie.split("; ");         
    //var old_selection = gotCookie[0].split(", ");
    var new_selection = cbId;
    document.cookie = cookie_name+"="+gotCookies + ',<' + escape(new_selection) + ">,expires="+exdate.toGMTString() + ',path=/';
}
else
{
    // Write a new cookie
    var new_selection = cbId;
    document.cookie = cookie_name + '=<'+escape(new_selection) + ">,expires="+exdate.toGMTString() + ',path=/';
}

and when I run the "delete cookies" they don't go away, only after I close the browser. I realize I set a 10 day life span,but if you delete them shouldn't they go away? Here is how I delete them.

 Help with Code Tags 
 JavaScript / DHTML / AJAX Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
function delete_cookie(name) 
        {  
           document.cookie = name+'="";expires=Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:00:00 UTC;path=/'; 
        }
function delete_cookie(name) 
        {  
           document.cookie = name+'="";expires=Fri, 14 Oct 2005 12:00:00 UTC;path=/'; 
        }

•

Join Date: Aug 2008

Posts: 954

Reputation: essential will become famous soon enough

Solved Threads: 131

essential

Offline

Posting Shark

Re: Cookies - I delete them and they creep back up

Apr 14th, 2009

The delete_cookie() function is messing up the program. Try doing this:

 Help with Code Tags 
 javascript Syntax (Toggle Plain Text) 
function delete_cookie(name) { 
   var exp = new Date();
   var expdate = exp.setTime( exp.getTime() - 1 );
document.cookie = name + "=; expires=" + expdate + "; path=/";
}
function delete_cookie(name) { 
   var exp = new Date();
   var expdate = exp.setTime( exp.getTime() - 1 );
document.cookie = name + "=; expires=" + expdate + "; path=/";
}