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JavaScript Cookies are not being set

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I followed went through some related threads and also followed the tutorial on http://www.quirksmode.org/js/cookies.html but I can't get my cookie to set.

<script type=text/javascript>

function setcookie(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=/;

}

</script>

Then in my tag I have:

<body>

<script type=text/javascript>

    setcookie(testcookie, test, 1);

</script>

</body>

Any ideas where I'm going wrong? I have cookies enabled, using FF and I can see cookies being created in real time by sites like Youtube but this one won't set at all.

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answered 13 Years ago whitney · Accepted Answer

The script contains several mistakes. Here's the corrected version (tested):

function setcookie(name, value, days)

{

  if (days)

  {

    var date = new Date();

    date.setTime(date.getTime()+days*24*60*60*1000); // ) removed

    var expires = ; expires= + date.toGMTString(); // + added

  }

  else

    var expires = ;

  document.cookie = name+= + value+expires + ;path=/; // + and  added

}