login session not behaving

[macdalor]

HI,

I hope someone can help. I'm trying to show the username of the logged in user on this menu.inc page and certain pages only when logged in.

The result I have with the code below is no username showing, just "Hi !" (the "login" link disappear as planned) and all pages showing (logged and un-logged)

thank you for your help

           <div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; overflow: visible;">
 
 
            <div align="center">
            <table border="0">
              <tr>
                <th>
                <span class="small">
                <?php if ($_SESSION["loggedInUser"] == $_SESSION["userCakeUser"]) { ?>Hi <strong><?php echo $_SESSION[$userdetails["Username"]]; ?>
 
            !
 
                <?php } else { ?><a href="login.php">Login</a>
                <?php } ?>
                </span>  </th>
 
              </tr>
              <tr>
                <td> 
                <span class="small">           
                <?php if ($_SESSION['loggedInUser'] == $_SESSION["userCakeUser"]) { ?><a href="logout.php">Logout</a>
 
                <?php } else { ?>Register <a href="register.php" class="text_left">here </a>to download full mixes<?php } ?>
                </span>
                   </td>
              </tr>
             </table>
             </div>
 
            <hr width=600px>
 
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>index.php">Welcome</a><a href="
            <?php echo $main_path; ?>Bio.php">Bio</a>
 
              <!--logged-in-->         
            <?php if ($_SESSION['loggedInUser'] == $_SESSION["userCakeUser"]) { ?>
 
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>Mixes.php">Mixes</a>
 
 
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>Production.php">Production</a>
 
            <?php } ?>
 
            <!--not-logged-in-->         
            <?php if ($_SESSION['loggedInUser'] == NULL) { ?>
 
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>mixes_unlogged.php">Mixes</a>
 
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>production_unlogged.php">Production</a>
 
            <?php } ?>
 
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>Contact.php">Contact</a>
            <a href="<?php echo $main_path; ?>links.php">Links</a>
            <hr width=500px> 

[Dormilich]

obviously $_SESSION[$userdetails["Username"]] does not exist or is empty. try var_dump($_SESS ION); to see what’s going on.

[macdalor]

thx Dormilich. Sorry I'm really no expert in php, shall I put this instead of my query or after?

[macdalor]

I've added it within the query and it brings NULL back. Does it mean username isn't what I should be using then?

[Dormilich]

what query? it doesn’t matter where you put this, as long as it is executed.

if var_dump($_SESS ION); brings up NULL, there is something wrong with the session.

[macdalor]

ok...what can I do to find out what's wrong with it?

[Dormilich]

check out, where you set $_SESSION to NULL.

[macdalor]

ok, I've checked this out and this is the "config.php " file, where the $_SESSION is set to NULL if not logged in and to $_SESSION["userCakeUs er"] if logged in (see code below)

Am I not using this properly?

<?php
    include("settings.php");
 
    //Dbal Support - Thanks phpBB ; )
    include("classes/db/".$dbtype.".php");
 
    //Construct a db instance
    $db = new $sql_db();
    if(!$db->sql_connect($db_host, $db_user, $db_pass, $db_name, $db_port, false, false)) die("Unable to connect to the database");
 
    //Include classes
    include("classes/class_newuser.php");
    include("classes/class_newmail.php");
    include("classes/class_loggedinuser.php");
 
    //Include Functions
    include("functions/user-funcs.php");
    include("functions/general-funcs.php");
 
 
    session_start();
 
    //Global User Object Var
    //loggedInUser can be used globally if constructed
    if(isset($_SESSION["userCakeUser"]) && is_object($_SESSION["userCakeUser"])) $loggedInUser = $_SESSION["userCakeUser"]; else $loggedInUser = NULL;    
?>

[Dormilich]

where do you set userCakeUser?

[macdalor]

userCakeUser is set in the mysql db table