// JavaScript Document
// Example:
// alert( readCookie("myCookie") );
function readCookie(name)
{
  var cookieValue = "";
  var search = name + "=";
  if(document.cookie.length > 0)
  { 
    offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
    if (offset != -1)
    { 
      offset += search.length;
      end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
      if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
      cookieValue = unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
    }
  }
  return cookieValue;
}

// Example:
// writeCookie("myCookie", "my name", 24);
// Stores the string "my name" in the cookie "myCookie" which expires after 24 hours.
/*
function writeCookie(name, value, hours)
{
  var expire = "";
  if(hours != null)
  {
    expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);
		
    expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();
  }
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire;
}
*/

function writeCookie(name, value, hours)
{
  var expire = "";
  if(hours != null)
  {
    expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);
    expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString() + "; path=/";
  }
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire;
}

/* moz */
function setFullCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
	// set time, it's in milliseconds
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime( today.getTime() );
	
	/*
	if the expires variable is set, make the correct
	expires time, the current script below will set
	it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
	delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
	*/
	if ( expires )
	{
	expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
	}
	var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
	
	document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
	( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
	( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
	( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
	( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

// this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values
// with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function getFullCookie( check_name ) 
{
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f

	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );


		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');

		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return null;
	}
}