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<!-- JavaScript:Cookies code snippet 8. -->
<!-- A universal cookie creating function with 6 cookie arguments.
Giving the ability to set the cookie name, value, expiry date,
path, domain and security. -->

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<!-- Code source: http://www.justfigures.co.uk/ -->
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<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
/* function to retrieve the contents of a cookie by its name
see Javascript: Cookies code snippet 4 for details */
function getCookie(name)
{
var cookieName = name + "="
var docCookie = document.cookie
var cookieStart
var end
if (docCookie.length>0)
{
	cookieStart = docCookie.indexOf(cookieName)
	if (cookieStart != -1)
	{
		cookieStart = cookieStart + cookieName.length
		end = docCookie.indexOf(";",cookieStart)
		if (end == -1)
		{
			end = docCookie.length
		}
		return unescape(docCookie.substring(cookieStart,end))
	}
}
return false
}
//]]>
</script>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
/* a universal cookie creating function with 6 cookie arguments */
function setCookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
var theCookie = name + "=" + value;
	if (expires) {
	theCookie += "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
	}
	if (path) {
	theCookie += "; path=" + path;
	}
	if (domain) {
	theCookie += "; domain=" + domain;
	}
	if (secure) {
	theCookie += "; secure";
	}
document.cookie = theCookie;
}
//]]>
</script>
</head>

<body>
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
//<![CDATA[
// create a value for the cookie
var cookieData = escape("name:eric penguin")
// create a new Date object
var expiryDate=new Date()
// set the expiry date of the cookie to 1 day in the future
expiryDate.setTime(expiryDate.getTime() + (1000*60*60*24*1))

/* call the setCookie() function to create a cookie,
note that for this cookie we have set the domain but not the security */
setCookie('testCookie8',cookieData,expiryDate,'/','justfigures.co.uk')
// write out the value from the cookie
document.write("Write out the value from the cookie where security is NOT set as requiring a secure https protocol site." + "<br />")
document.write("The cookie value is: " + getCookie("testCookie8")+ "<br />")

/* call the setCookie() function to create a cookie,
note that for this cookie we have set the domain and the secure https protocol site requirement */
setCookie('testCookie8s',cookieData,expiryDate,'/','justfigures.co.uk','secure')
// write out the value from the cookie
document.write("Write out the value from the cookie where security is set as requiring a secure https protocol site." + "<br />")
document.write("The secure cookie value is: " + getCookie("testCookie8s"))
//]]>
</script>
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