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Rossitten
Rossitten

Reputation: 1166

Javascript Cookies - adding multiple cookies instead of updating one

I am trying to add a popup pause in one day using JS cookies. Here is teh code:

if (document.cookie.indexOf("expirator") >= 0) {

    // do not show popup

}
else{

    var d = new Date();
    var start_date = d.toUTCString();
    d.setTime(d.getTime() + (1*24*60*60*1000));

    var expireDate = "expires="+d.toUTCString();
    document.cookie = "expirator=1;" + expireDate + "; domain=a5w.org; path=/";

    // show popup
}

for a strange reason this scipt adds multiple new cookies with the same name ("expirator") instead of updating one. why is that so?

screenshot from FF cookies:

http://a5w.org/up/uploads/mike/2015-10-10/1444519970_cookies.png

Upvotes: 0

Views: 304

Answers (1)

filype
filype

Reputation: 8380

You don't update cookies; you need to overwrite them.

Two cookies may have the same name if they were set for different domains or paths.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/1242446/280842

EDIT

There seems to be a bug in Firefox that displays multiple cookies in Firefox cookie manager. See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=504086

Upvotes: 2

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