/** * Cookie plugin * * Copyright (c) 2006 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de) * Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses: * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php * http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html * *//** * Create a cookie with the given name and value and other optional parameters. * * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value'); * @desc Set the value of a cookie. * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', {expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true}); * @desc Create a cookie with all available options. * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value'); * @desc Create a session cookie. * @example $.cookie('the_cookie', null); * @desc Delete a cookie by passing null as value. * * @param String name The name of the cookie. * @param String value The value of the cookie. * @param Object options An object literal containing key/value pairs to provide optional cookie attributes. * @option Number|Date expires Either an integer specifying the expiration date from now on in days or a Date object. *                             If a negative value is specified (e.g. a date in the past), the cookie will be deleted. *                             If set to null or omitted, the cookie will be a session cookie and will not be retained *                             when the the browser exits. * @option String path The value of the path atribute of the cookie (default: path of page that created the cookie). * @option String domain The value of the domain attribute of the cookie (default: domain of page that created the cookie). * @option Boolean secure If true, the secure attribute of the cookie will be set and the cookie transmission will *                        require a secure protocol (like HTTPS). * @type undefined * * @name $.cookie * @cat Plugins/Cookie * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de *//** * Get the value of a cookie with the given name. * * @example $.cookie('the_cookie'); * @desc Get the value of a cookie. * * @param String name The name of the cookie. * @return The value of the cookie. * @type String * * @name $.cookie * @cat Plugins/Cookie * @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de */jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {    if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie        options = options || {};        if (value === null) {            value = '';            options.expires = -1;        }        var expires = '';        if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {            var date;            if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {                date = new Date();                date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));            } else {                date = options.expires;            }            expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE        }        var path = options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '';        var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '';        var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';        document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');    } else { // only name given, get cookie        var cookieValue = null;        if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {            var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');            for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {                var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);                // Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?                if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {                    cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));                    break;                }            }        }        return cookieValue;    }};