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Using fancybox to create a pop-up, how do I set a cookie that says if its been closed?

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    wilbobaggins Reply #1, 12 years, 8 months ago
    Hi there,

    I've created a modal window advert that appears in the home page. I was wondering if anyone could tell me how I can set a cookie to record whether or not its been seem and then only show the pop-up if it hasn't already been seen.

    Any tips or pointers would be greatly appreciated.

    Thanks in advance!
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      Everett Reply #2, 12 years, 8 months ago
      Fancybox, thickbox, lightbox, etc. are all javascript/css formatting bits, so inherently, they can not offer cookies at all. Really your question comes down to using PHP to set and read persistent data -- cookies are one option and sessions are another. This should revolve around a simple if statement while reading a cookie: if not set, then display the html and set the cookie, otherwise do nothing.
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        wilbobaggins Reply #3, 12 years, 7 months ago
        Hi, for anyone looking for the answer its pretty easy: simply call your javascript through a snippet thus:

        if($_SESSION['popup_seen'] != 'yes') {
//set the session
$_SESSION['popup_seen'] = 'yes';
//call whatever javascript you need
$modx->regClientStartupScript('fancybox/jquery.fancybox.pack.js');
$modx->regClientStartupScript('fancybox/showPopUp.js');
}