Session

[nathanwb]

I dont think I am doing this correctly. Sorry I am a newby..

I can get it to login and display the username, but if you leave the page and come back to it.. it wont show the username again of the person who just loged in. I dont think the cookie is being set correctly.


Here is the code that I am using...

[php]

if ($mode == 'login')
{
post('un,up');
$unn = mysql_escape_string($un);
$upp = mysql_escape_string($up);
$qc = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `instructors` WHERE `username` = '$unn' AND `password` = '$upp' AND `isadmin`='1'"); if (mysql_num_rows($qc) > 0)

{

$rc = mysql_fetch_assoc($qc);
extract($rc);
$logged = 1;
session_register('logged');
$_SESSION['logged'] = $id;
session_register('MyID');
$_SESSION['MyID'] = $id;
$mode = '';
}

else $error = "<span class='text'><font color=red>Incorrect login information</font></span>";
}



if (!isset($_SESSION['logged']))
{
include ("navtop.php");
include ("nav.php");


echo "
[/php]

Thanks

[ronverdonk]

Your code does not contain any echo of the username, so?

Ronald

[realin]

and do we really need to use session_register() ??

[ronverdonk]

and do we really need to use session_register() ??

No you do not. Don't use it, use $_SESSION and do not forget to start every script using $_SESSION with session_start().

Let me show some thoughts from the php documentation on this.

If your script uses session_register(), it will not work in environments where the PHP directive register_globals is disabled.

If you are using $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_VARS), do not use session_register.

Ronald

[realin]

No you do not. Don't use it, use $_SESSION and do not forget to start every script using $_SESSION with session_start().

Let me show some thoughts from the php documentation on this.Ronald

yup, this is what i have been thinkin, cause session_register() was a way old thing, but i din know the above mentioned fact about registering globals, thanks Ronald, you always add up my knowledge base :)

[ronverdonk]

So what has the OP, nathanwb, to say about this? Any solution in sight?

Ronald

[nathanwb]

Sorry for the delay in responding.. I went to books a million and got a book :)

I have solved the issue, thanks for the imput though.

[TheServant]

Sorry for the delay in responding.. I went to books a million and got a book :)

I have solved the issue, thanks for the imput though.

Was it including session_start()?

[ronverdonk]

Sorry for the delay in responding.. I went to books a million and got a book :)

I have solved the issue, thanks for the imput though.

Please share ýour solution with us, so we can learn from it.

Ronald