
function Get_Cookie(name) {
  var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name + '=');
  var len = start + name.length + 1;
  if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length)))
    return null;
  if (start == -1)
    return null;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(';',len);
  if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
  if(end == start){
  	return '';
  }
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
// set time, it's in milliseconds
var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct 
expires time, the current script below will set 
it for x number of days, to make it for hours, 
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
if ( expires )
{
expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

function Delete_Cookie(name,path,domain) {
  if (Get_Cookie(name))
    document.cookie =
      name + '=' +
      ( (path) ? ';path=' + path : '') +
      ( (domain) ? ';domain=' + domain : '') +
      ';expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT';
}

/*
returns an array of cookie values from a single cookie
*/
function get_sub_cookies(cookie){
	var cookies = new Array();
	var end ='';
	if(cookie && cookie != ''){
		end = cookie.indexOf('#')
		while(end > -1){
			var cur = cookie.substring(0, end);
			 cookie = cookie.substring(end + 1, cookie.length);
			var name = cur.substring(0, cur.indexOf('='));
			var value = cur.substring(cur.indexOf('=') + 1, cur.length);
			cookies[name] = value;
			
			end = cookie.indexOf('#')
		}
	}
	return cookies;
}

function subs_to_cookie(cookies){

	
	var cookie = '';
		for (var i in cookies)
		{
			cookie += i  + '=' + cookies[i] + '#';
		}
	return cookie;
}

