PHPLIB with Username/Password

[Anon]

Here are little pieces of code right now of my source code. What I want is to make sessions so that I don't check for a username/password on everypage. Right now if you goto recipes.php3?action=memberarea&username=aaaaaa&password=bbbbbb it works, but I don't want that big string, i want to work in sessions, but I don't know how PHPLib works!

Everytime it goes into a new area, IE,
if($action == "search") {
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM members where username LIKE '$username'");
$myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result);
if($username == $myrow["username"] && $password == $myrow["password"] && $username && $password) {
//show search stuff
} else {
// show login info
}
}

This is after every action, is there a way i can have a session thing? Please answer ASAP, it is for a job!

James Smith
Webmaster

[Anon]

James,

There's a great tutorial at Webmonkey.
It describes how PHPLib works and to use sessions using PHP 3 and 4.
The Tutorial name is:
Authenticate and Track Users with PHP
Learn how authentication, cookies, and sessions can add security and a personal touch to your site. 2 Feb 2000
URL: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/00/05/index2a.html?tw=programming

C ya

Egidio