How to update and delete a cookie?
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
function createCookie(name,value,days) {
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
}
else var expires = "";
document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
function readCookie(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;
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
createCookie(name,"",-1);
}
The cookie API is kind of lame. Let me clarify...
You don't update cookies; you overwrite them:
document.cookie = "username=Arnold"; // Create 'username' cookie
document.cookie = "username=Chuck"; // Update, i.e. overwrite, the 'username' cookie to "Chuck"
You also don't delete cookies; you expire them by setting the expires
key to a time in the past (-1 works too).
Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.cookie
http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html
update would just be resetting it using createCookie
function createCookie(name,value,days) {
if (days) {
var date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 *1000));
var expires = "; expires=" + date.toGMTString();
} else {
var expires = "";
}
document.cookie = name + "=" + value + expires + "; path=/";
}
function readCookie(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;
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
createCookie(name,"",-1);
}