Cookies issue

[sAuhsoj]

What is wrong with this code so that it is not getting any cookies.

var nameEQ = donatehide + "=";                             //I'm going to search for the name of the cookie, followed by an =. So create this new string and put it in nameEQ
var ca = document.cookie.split(';');                       //Then split document.cookie on semicolons. ca becomes an array containing all cookies that are set for this domain and path.
for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {                           //Then go through the array (so through all cookies)
	var c = ca[i];                                          //Set c to the cookie to be checked.
	while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);   //If the first character is a space, remove it by using the substring() method. Continue doing this until the first character is not a space.
	if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0)                             //Now string c begins with the name of the current cookie. If this is the name of the desired cookie...
	{ 
	var donatehide = c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);   //...we've found what we were looking for. We now only need to return the value of the cookie, which is the part of c that comes after nameEQ. By returning this value we also end the function: mission accomplished.
	}
	}
if (!donatehide)
{
var donatehide = 0
}






function hidedonate()
{
if ($("#panel").hasClass("donatepanel"))
{
	$('#panel').animate({right: "-145"}, 500)
	$("#panel").removeClass("donatepanel").addClass("donatepanelhide")
	document.cookie = "donatehide=0; expires=30; path=/"
}
else
{
	$('#panel').animate({right: "-1"}, 500)
	$("#panel").removeClass("donatepanelhide").addClass("donatepanel")
	document.cookie = "donatehide=0; expires=30; path=/"
}
}

[sAuhsoj]

hidedonate() is run whenever I click a button to hide a 'donate' box. I can see that it is running because the box moves. I am also using jquery (hence the 'animate'). When donatehide = 1 the box will have a class change so that it is immediately hidden and I want to make these settings stay via cookies

[sAuhsoj]

I am currently using the script further down, beneath the donate box

<script type="text/javascript" >
if (donatehide != 0)
{
	$("#panel").removeClass("donatepanel").addClass("donatepanelhide")
}
</script>

Which hides it the box. I am using if (donatehide != 0) instead of if (donatehide = 1) because I tried that and it redefined donatehide to 1 every time

[clueful]

If you split document.cookie, you should split on "; " rather than ";".

The expires parameter has to be in a particular format, generated by the date.toUTCString method. Your value is probably setting a zero-lifetime cookie.

G.I.Y.F.

[sAuhsoj]

If you split document.cookie, you should split on "; " rather than ";".

The expires parameter has to be in a particular format, generated by the date.toUTCString method. Your value is probably setting a zero-lifetime cookie.

G.I.Y.F.

I don't think I did. The script here is copied and pasted directly from my script and it doesn't have that mistake in it.

Edit: ignore this comment I read your message wrong

[sAuhsoj]

thanks, but that still doesn't work though.

[clueful]

thanks, but that still doesn't work though.

So what do you have now?

[sAuhsoj]

the exact same thing but the "; " instead of ";"
every time I load the page donatehide = 0

[clueful]

the exact same thing but the "; " instead of ";"
every time I load the page donatehide = 0

You still have to fix the setting of the cookie.

var dt = new Date();

dt.setDate( dt.getDate() + 30 );

document.cookie = "donatehide=0; expires=" + dt.toUTCString() + "; path=/";