function getCookie(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;
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len, end));
}

function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { // expires is in days
	var today = new Date();
	today.setTime(today.getTime());
	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 setCookieVerify(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
	setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure);
	return (getCookie(name) == value);
  }

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

function getCookieDef(name, def) {
	var cookie = getCookie(name);
	if (cookie == null) cookie = def;
	return cookie;
  }