Weather feed based on users zip with cookies

[akula]

I am looking for a script or feed that will load the current weather conditions/forecast based on the visitor's ZIP code. I would like for that zip to be stored in a cookie so when the visitor return, they do not have to enter their ZIP code again.

I have found sites that offer forecasts and conditions based on a ZIP but none that offer to place a cookie.

Anyone know of sites or code to do that?

Thanks.

[treeline]

Welcome to webmasterworld!

Why not just set your own zipcode cookie, and read it when they come back, then hand it off to your weather script?

[akula]

Thanks for the welcome.

I do not know how to read or write cookies.

I figured there was something like this out there, although my searches found nothing.

[treeline]

What kind of program do you use for editing your websites? Dreamweaver? Frontpage?

Any familiarity with perl, cgi, php, or javascript? There's several ways to do this, but it's easier to start from what you know already.

[akula]

I use Dreamweaver and do some hand coding in notepad. I am somewhat familiar with javascript, less with the others.

Oh, and starting to figure out PHP recently.

[treeline]

A search on google for <META http-equiv set-cookie> will get you a lot of good info on how this is done, if you don't want to use scripting languages.

A nifty dreamweaver extension for get cookie and set cookie can be found at: (scroll down)

[andrewwooldridge.com...]

Or for how to with PHP:

[us3.php.net...]

[akula]

Cookie problem has been worked out, thanks for advice.

New problem involves Firefox. Upon the user entering their zip code into the form text box and clicking submit button, it reloads the page within the layer ( kind of like loading a frame within itself) and it will keep doing that over and over the more times a new zip code value is entered.

In IE it works fine, by reloading the entire page.

Here is part of the code:

<form action="http://webpageurl.com/" method="post" name="setCookieForm" >

Enter your zip code <input name="setCookieFormZipCode" maxlength=5 type="text" size=5 class=bcTxtBox>
<input type="submit" value="Go" class=bcGoBut onClick="validate()">

</form>