function getcookie(name) {
	var cookie_start = document.cookie.indexOf(name);
	var cookie_end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", cookie_start);
	return cookie_start == -1 ? '' : unescape(document.cookie.substring(cookie_start + name.length + 1, (cookie_end > cookie_start ? cookie_end : document.cookie.length)));
}
function setcookie(name, value, hours) {
	var expire = "";
	if (hours != null) {
		expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);
		expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();
	}
	document.cookie = name + "=" + encodeURIComponent(value) + ";path=/" + expire;
}

//for example
//setcookie("PLAYLIST", id, 24);