Cookie是网站设计者放置在客户端的小文本文件。Cookie能为用户提供很多的使得，例如购物网站存储用户曾经浏览过的产品列表，或者门户网站记住用户喜欢选择浏览哪类新闻。 在用户允许的情况下，还可以存储用户的登录信息，使得用户在访问网站时不必每次都键入这些信息
使用方法：
引入jquery.cookie.js
<script src="scripts/jquery-1.6.4.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script src="scripts/jquery.cookie.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
使用方法
新添加一个会话 cookie
$.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
注：当没有指明 cookie有效时间时，所创建的cookie有效期默认到用户关闭浏览器为止，所以被称为
“会话cookie（session cookie）”。
创建一个cookie并设置有效时间为 7天:
$.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', { expires: 7 });
注：当指明了cookie有效时间时，所创建的cookie被称为“持久 cookie （persistent cookie）”。
创建一个cookie并设置 cookie的有效路径：
$.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', { expires: 7, path: '/' });
注：在默认情况下，只有设置 cookie的网页才能读取该 cookie。如果想让一个页面读取另一个页面设置的cookie，必须设置cookie的路径。cookie的路径用于设置能够读取 cookie的顶级目录。将这个路径设置为网站的根目录，可以让所有网页都能互相读取 cookie （一般不要这样设置，防止出现冲突） 。
读取cookie：
$.cookie('the_cookie'); // cookie存在 => 'the_value'
$.cookie('not_existing'); // cookie不存在 => null
删除cookie，通过传递null作为cookie的值即可：
$.cookie('the_cookie', null);
将cookie写入文件
var COOKIE_NAME = 'username';
if( $.cookie(COOKIE_NAME) ){
$("#username").val( $.cookie(COOKIE_NAME) );
}
$("#check").click(function(){
if(this.checked){
$.cookie(COOKIE_NAME, $("#username").val() , { path: '/', expires: 10, domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true });
//var date = new Date();
//date.setTime(date.getTime() + (3 * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000)); //三天后的这个时候过期
//$.cookie(COOKIE_NAME, $("#username").val(), { path: '/', expires: date });
}else{
$.cookie(COOKIE_NAME, null, { path: '/' }); //删除cookie
}
});
参数设置
expires: (Number | Date) 有效期，可以设置一个整数作为有效期（单位：天），也可以设置一个日期对象作为Cookie的过期日期。如果指定日期为负数，那么此cookie将被删除；如果不设置或者设置为null，那么此cookie将被当作Session Cookie处理，并且在浏览器关闭后删除
path: (String) Cookie的路径属性，默认是创建该cookie的页面路径
domain: (String) Cookie的域名属性，默认是创建该cookie的页面域名
secure: (Boolean) 如果设为true，那么此cookie的传输会要求一个安全协议，例如HTTPS
jquery.cookie.js
/**
* Cookie plugin
*
* Copyright (c) 2006 Klaus Hartl (stilbuero.de)
* Dual licensed under the MIT and GPL licenses:
* http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
* http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html
*
*/
/**
* Create a cookie with the given name and value and other optional parameters.
*
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
* @desc Set the value of a cookie.
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value', {expires: 7, path: '/', domain: 'jquery.com', secure: true});
* @desc Create a cookie with all available options.
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', 'the_value');
* @desc Create a session cookie.
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie', null);
* @desc Delete a cookie by passing null as value.
*
* @param String name The name of the cookie.
* @param String value The value of the cookie.
* @param Object options An object literal containing key/value pairs to provide optional cookie attributes.
* @option Number|Date expires Either an integer specifying the expiration date from now on in days or a Date object.
* If a negative value is specified (e.g. a date in the past), the cookie will be deleted.
* If set to null or omitted, the cookie will be a session cookie and will not be retained
* when the the browser exits.
* @option String path The value of the path atribute of the cookie (default: path of page that created the cookie).
* @option String domain The value of the domain attribute of the cookie (default: domain of page that created the cookie).
* @option Boolean secure If true, the secure attribute of the cookie will be set and the cookie transmission will
* require a secure protocol (like HTTPS).
* @type undefined
*
* @name $.cookie
* @cat Plugins/Cookie
* @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
*/
/**
* Get the value of a cookie with the given name.
*
* @example $.cookie('the_cookie');
* @desc Get the value of a cookie.
*
* @param String name The name of the cookie.
* @return The value of the cookie.
* @type String
*
* @name $.cookie
* @cat Plugins/Cookie
* @author Klaus Hartl/klaus.hartl@stilbuero.de
*/
jQuery.cookie = function(name, value, options) {
if (typeof value != 'undefined') { // name and value given, set cookie
options = options || {};
if (value === null) {
value = '';
options.expires = -1;
}
var expires = '';
if (options.expires && (typeof options.expires == 'number' || options.expires.toUTCString)) {
var date;
if (typeof options.expires == 'number') {
date = new Date();
date.setTime(date.getTime() + (options.expires * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
} else {
date = options.expires;
}
expires = '; expires=' + date.toUTCString(); // use expires attribute, max-age is not supported by IE
}
var path = options.path ? '; path=' + options.path : '';
var domain = options.domain ? '; domain=' + options.domain : '';
var secure = options.secure ? '; secure' : '';
document.cookie = [name, '=', encodeURIComponent(value), expires, path, domain, secure].join('');
} else { // only name given, get cookie
var cookieValue = null;
if (document.cookie && document.cookie != '') {
var cookies = document.cookie.split(';');
for (var i = 0; i < cookies.length; i++) {
var cookie = jQuery.trim(cookies[i]);
// Does this cookie string begin with the name we want?
if (cookie.substring(0, name.length + 1) == (name + '=')) {
cookieValue = decodeURIComponent(cookie.substring(name.length + 1));
break;
}
}
}
return cookieValue;
}
};
