javascript function gets called only with a different name

Question

I have a strange issue when I'm trying to call a method in javascript file. This .js file has the following two methods:

function setCookie(c_name, value, exdays)
{
  //set the expiry date as now + the specified number of days
  var exdate=new Date();
  exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);

  //add the expiry date string to the cookie value
  var c_value = escape(value) + ((exdays==null) ? "" : "; 
  expires="+exdate.toUTCString()+"; path=/");

  //set the cookie
  document.cookie = c_name + "=" + c_value;
}

function setTheCookie(c_name, value, exdays)
{
  //set the expiry date as now + the specified number of days
  var exdate=new Date();
  exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + exdays);

  //add the expiry date string to the cookie value
  var c_value = escape(value) + ((exdays==null) ? "" : "; 
  expires="+exdate.toUTCString()+"; path=/");

  //set the cookie
  document.cookie = c_name + "=" + c_value;
}

On a button click when I use onclick="setTheCookie('cookie_bar_hide', 'yes', 365)" it gets called, but when I use onclick="setCookie('cookie_bar_hide', 'yes', 365)" it does not get called.

Any ideas why this could be happening?

Answer 1

There is something else setting setCookie

From the console

> setCookie
function setCookie(name, value)
{
    document.cookie = escape($.trim(name)) + '=' + escape(value) + ';path=/';
}

Looking through all of the JavaScript files, setCookie is located in your base.js and cookie.js .

Answer 2

I believe it may have to do with how you are calling your functions on the onClick event. Call multiple methods like this:

  onClick="doSomething();doSomethingElse();"

Not with multiple OnClick's.

Let me know if this fixes the problem.