function getJoomlaSession(){
  
  var domain='.gnutrade.com';  
  var bURL = 'http://www.gnutrade.com/session';;
  var xml = new JKL.ParseXML( bURL );
  var data = xml.parse();
  var sessionData=data['ITEM']['DATA'];
  
  var uid=sessionData["UID"];
  var session_id=sessionData["SID"];
  
  
  if(uid!=undefined){
//    console.log('got data');
    Set_Cookie( 'uid', uid, 7, '/',domain,'');
    Set_Cookie( 'sid', session_id, 7, '/',domain,'');
//	console.log('setting uid='+uid);
//	console.log('setting sid='+session_id);

  }else{
//    console.log('NO DATA :(');
 }

}
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 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 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";
}