Jquery Cookie Path Issue

Question

I am using Jquery Cookie and I am trying to retrieve a cookie in a different directory that I set like this:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
    $("#saveForm").click(function () {
     $.cookie('myCookie', $("#Website").val(), {
    expires: 365,
    path: '/'
         });
     });
</script>

The cookie is stored, I verified it in my browser's cookies. So I am trying to retreive it with this, but its not getting it. Is there something wrong with the path or is my code wrong?

This is the code I am using to try to retrieve it with:

<script>
    $(document).ready(function () {
    $("#Website").val($.cookie('myCookie'));
    path: '/'
    });
</script>

I don't think it is possible to read cookie from a different path — Arun P Johny, Nov 28 '13 at 06:37
What's that `path: '/'` doing there, outside an object literal? Anyway, you don't need to specify the path when reading a cookie, only when setting it. — Barmar, Nov 28 '13 at 06:37
see http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1967963/how-to-access-cookie-values-on-different-paths-of-the-same-domain-using-php — Arun P Johny, Nov 28 '13 at 06:38
if you want to allow anybody from the same domain to read the cookie just leave the path setting — Arun P Johny, Nov 28 '13 at 06:38
You can access a cookie if the path is a parent of your current path. — Barmar, Nov 28 '13 at 06:38
@barmar I only tried to use the path because it is only working on the pages in the directory I set the cookie in. So I tried to add the path — Michael Falciglia, Nov 28 '13 at 07:13
But you didn't even add it as an argument to `$.cookie`, it's just sitting in your function doing nothing. — Barmar, Nov 28 '13 at 07:14
@ArunPJohny I used the code you gave me the other day and it worked at setting it and retrieving it on pages in the same directory, but when I tried to retrieve it on a page outside of the directory it did not work, so that is why I am trying a path. — Michael Falciglia, Nov 28 '13 at 07:16

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 28 '13 at 06:47

Not sure but your code has some typos:

$.cookie Reference here

<script>
    $(document).ready(function () { //<-------------no end tag of this
    $("#saveForm").click(function () {
     $.cookie('myCookie', $("#Website").val(), {
    expires: 365,
    path: '/'
         }); //<---end of $.cookie
     }); //<----end of .click
</script>

so this should be like this:

 <script>
      $(document).ready(function () { 
         $("#saveForm").click(function () {
            $.cookie('myCookie', $("#Website").val(), {
                expires: 365,
                path: '/'
            }); //<---end of $.cookie
          }); //<----end of .click
      }); //<----end of doc ready
</script>

and with reading cookies you have to do just this as you mentioned the global cookie:

<script>
      $(document).ready(function () {
         $("#Website").val($.cookie('myCookie'));
      });
</script>

So the final code should be:

 <script>
      $(document).ready(function () { 
         $("#saveForm").click(function () {
            $.cookie('myCookie', $("#Website").val(), {
                expires: 365,
                path: '/'
            }); //<---end of $.cookie
          }); //<----end of .click

         $("#Website").val($.cookie('myCookie'));

      }); //<----end of doc ready
</script>

Thanks for the cleaning the code up. The only thing is that was not the problem. The problem I was asking for help with is when I try to retrieve the cookie from a different directory, it does not find it. I have no problems getting it when it is in the same directory — Michael Falciglia, Nov 28 '13 at 07:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 28 '13 at 06:37

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The path is not referring to a directory that the cookie is stored in, it's referring to what url the cookie is valid and available for

answered Nov 28 '13 at 06:37

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