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Cannot get cookie to work
I have been working on this for days and cannot seem to get the cookie to work. I need to place a cookie on the users system so when they fill the form out again it will redirect them to another page stating they already filled the form out. I cannot seem to get it to work.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html><head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge,chrome=1">
<title>Taylor Ambulance - Contact</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../week2/contact.asp_files/reset.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../week2/contact.asp_files/960_12_col.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../week2/contact.asp_files/taylorAmbulance.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../week2/contact.asp_files/navigation.css" type="text/css" media="screen">
<!--[if lt IE 9]> <script src="http://html5shiv.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/html5.js"></script> <![endif]-->
<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- Define cookie -->
set_cookie("LoggedIn",true,10);
function set_cookie(fname, 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 = "";
var host = "your_domain.com";
var domain = "; domain=" + host;
document.cookie = fname + "=" + value + expires + domain + "; path=/";
}
get_cookie("LoggedIn");
function get_cookie(fname)
{
var EQ = fname + "=";
var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
for (var i=0;i < ca.length;i++)
{
var c = ca[i];
while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
if (c.indexOf(EQ) == 0) return c.substring(EQ.length,c.length);
}
return null;
}
function MM_validateForm() { //v4.0
if (document.getElementById){
var i,p,q,nm,test,num,min,max,errors='',args=MM_validateForm.arguments;
for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) { test=args[i+2]; val=document.getElementById(args[i]);
if (val) { nm=val.name; if ((val=val.value)!="") {
if (test.indexOf('isEmail')!=-1) { p=val.indexOf('@');
if (p<1 || p==(val.length-1)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain an e-mail address.\n';
} else if (test!='R') { num = parseFloat(val);
if (isNaN(val)) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number.\n';
if (test.indexOf('inRange') != -1) { p=test.indexOf(':');
min=test.substring(8,p); max=test.substring(p+1);
if (num<min || max<num) errors+='- '+nm+' must contain a number between '+min+' and '+max+'.\n';
} } } else if (test.charAt(0) == 'R') errors += '- '+nm+' is required.\n'; }
} if (errors) alert('The following error(s) occurred:\n'+errors);
document.MM_returnValue = (errors == '');
} }
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div id="backdrop"></div>
<div class="wrapper container_12">
<header class="grid_12" id="branding">
<h2 class="internet">555-0102 | Dispatch 555-0101</h2>
</header>
<nav>
<ul class="grid_12" id="nav">
<li><a href="https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Healthcare/Taylor/internet/index.asp">Home</a></li>
<li><a href="https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Healthcare/Taylor/internet/about.asp">About</a></li>
<li><a class="selected" href="https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Healthcare/Taylor/internet/contact.asp">Contact</a></li>
<li class="right"><a href="https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Healthcare/Taylor/intranet/index.asp">Intranet</a></li>
<li class="right"><a class="selected" href="https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/Healthcare/Taylor/internet/index.asp">Internet</a></li>
</ul>
</nav>
<div class="grid_12" id="subpage_photo_area">
<img alt="image of an ambulance" src="../week2/contact.asp_files/sub-pages-image.png">
</div>
<article class="grid_9 push_1 internet" id="subpage_main_content">
<h2>Contact</h2>
<p class="contactcallout">If you have an emergency, hang up and dial 9 - 1 - 1</p>
<p>To schedule a non-emergency transport, please contact the Dispatcher: 555-0101</p>
<p>For all other matters, please contact the Operations Manager: 555-0102 </p>
<p> </p>
<form action="acknowledgement.html" method="get">
<table width="476" border="3" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" class="c3">
<tr valign="baseline">
<td width="89"><span class="c2">First Name*</span></td>
<td width="284"><input name="First Name" type="text" id="First Name" size="38,1" maxlength="80"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="c2">Last Name*</span></td>
<td><input name="Last Name" type="text" id="Last Name" size="38,1" maxlength="80"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="c2">Phone Number*</span></td>
<td><input name="Phone Number" type="text" id="Phone Number" size="38,1" maxlength="80"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="c2">Email Address*</span></td>
<td><input name="Email Address" type="text" id="Email Address" size="38,1" maxlength="80"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><span class="c2">Comments*</span></td>
<td><textarea name="comments" cols="38,1" id="comments"></textarea></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
</tr>
</table>
<form>
<br>
<div class="c4">
<input type="submit" onClick="MM_validateForm('First Name','','R','Last Name','','R','Phone Number','','RisNum','Email Address','','RisEmail','comments','','R');return document.MM_returnValue" value=" Submit "> <input type="button" value=" Return " onclick="window.location='acknowledgement.html'">
<input type="reset" value="Reset Form" onClick="resetform()">
</div>
<p>Taylor Ambulance Company, Inc.<br>
207 S. Hartford St.<br>
Kelsey</p>
</article>
<div class="push"></div>
</div>
<footer class="footer container_12" id="footer">
<p class="push_1"><a href="https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/aapd/CIST/VOP/" title="Virtual Organizations Portal">Virtual Organizations Portal</a><span class="copydivider">|</span>© 2010, 2011 Apollo Group, Inc. All Rights Reserved.</p>
</footer>
<!-- Asynchronous Google Analytics snippet. -->
<script src="../week2/contact.asp_files/ga.js"></script><script>
var _gaq=[['_setAccount','UA-1768756-3'],['_trackPageview'],['_trackPageLoadTime']];
(function(d,t){var g=d.createElement(t),s=d.getElementsByTagName(t)[0];
g.src=('https:'==location.protocol?'//ssl':'//www')+'.google-analytics.com/ga.js';
s.parentNode.insertBefore(g,s)}(document,'script'));
</script>
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chromium.org/developers/how-tos/chrome-frame-getting-started -->
<!--[if lt IE 7 ]>
<script defer src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/chrome-frame/1.0.3/CFInstall.min.js"></script>
<script defer>window.attachEvent('onload',function(){CFInstall.check({mode:'overlay'})})</script>
<![endif]-->
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Are you running this thru a web server or just from a file? Without a web server, you have no 'domain' to set the cookie on. Chrome won't even try while IE and Firefox might try but without a 'domain', they won't be able to read it.
ASKER
This is an assignment and will be ran from a file
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Im confused. I load the page through firefox while on my computer and my instructor loads the pages on his system.
Cookies require a 'domain' even if it is only an IP address thru a web server. You can only read cookies on the "current domain". If you load the file directly, there is no 'domain' so cookies can't be read. See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_cookie Chrome won't even let you set or read a cookie on 'localhost'.
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