refresh menu?

[Anon]

Hello everyone!

I have a menu that is in my header file. If I haven't logged in yet with my username and password and I click on a link on the menu it takes me to a page that stores cart items in a temporary cart until I log in.

If they log in first, I want the menu Items to refresh so that the memberID is passed with the link, then based on this memberID the cart items are put in the cart for that member right away.

I have the link:
<a href="workshops.php?section=listWorkshops&memberID=$memberID">
Workshops</a>

so when the page first loads It doesn't have a memberID, therefore it carried out as normal. If I log in first I want this link to read:
<a href="workshops.php?section=listWorkshops&memberID=1">
Workshops</a>

Is there some kind of refresh function that will do this for me when I hit the sign in button?

Thanks for your time. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[amcgrath]

Is there some kind of refresh function that >will do this for me when I hit the sign in >button?

I assume from this line that your header file is the first thing that runs before you actually verify if the person entered the right data and pressed the "sign in" button. if that's the case, why not move the the header file execution/include below the sign in logic? It the header file is prepended, then you could try including the header file again after the person signs in (you might run into some re-declaring issues here).

Or, and this might work better for you after you verify the person has signed in, use header("location:somefile.php") and that should work too.

One last note: have you thought about session management at all?

[Anon]

what is session management?

[amcgrath]

Everything you need to know, and more: http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.session.php
I think if you implement it you'll see the benefits, especially in relation to your post. Good Luck