var ip_address = 0;

function Get_Cookie( check_name ) 
	{
		// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
		// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
		var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
		var a_temp_cookie = '';
		var cookie_name = '';
		var cookie_value = '';
		var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
		for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
			{
				// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
				a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
				// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
				cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
			
				// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
				if ( cookie_name == check_name )
					{
						b_cookie_found = true;
						// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
						if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
							{
								cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
							}
						// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
						return cookie_value;
						break;
					}
				a_temp_cookie = null;
				cookie_name = '';
			}
		if ( !b_cookie_found )
			{
				return null;
			}
	}
	
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";
	}