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I have a login form for which I would like to store the username (input field: username) in a cookie via Jquery the moment I click a checkbox ('remmber me'). Does anyone know how to do this?

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This guide shows how to use the Cookie plugin for jQuery: http://www.electrictoolbox.com/jquery-cookies/

Then you can use something like this in your javascript files:

$(function() {
  $(".rememberme").change(function() {
     if ($(this).is(":checked"))
       $.cookie("loggin", $("#username").val(), {expires: 7});
  }
});
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Ok, looking good. How do I echo the value in the username field? –  mark May 21 '11 at 20:33
 
How do you mean? The value of the username field is retrieved by $("$username").val(). –  Henridv May 24 '11 at 13:38
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Building upon Henridv's answer, I ended up doing this:

$("#remember_me").change(function() {
    $.cookie("remember_me",
             $(this).is(":checked"),
             {expires: 7, path:'/'}
    );
});

Note that my solution also sets the cookie to false, if the checkbox is deselected. In other words, this keeps the cookie current.

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