Newbie - User Redirect After Login

richm

Hi All,

Newbie to PHP and would appreciate any help. I'm trying to find a script or instructions on how to do the following:

I have a web site that I would like different customers to log into, via a web form, with user name and password. Based upon login name, the user gets redirected to a protected directory where only he has access to that content. If the login is invalid, it will redirect them to failed login page. I would ideally like this script to check against an NT Server's user base, but not necessary.

I searched the archives and script downloads and found only a couple of redirect scripts, but not quite like what I need.

I am running the following:
- Win2K Pro
- IIS 5
- PHP 4.1.1

Thanks,

-Rich

lucianoes

How come the "couple of redirect scripts" you found did not suit your needs?

Anyway, open the PHP manual and look for the header() function.

Ex.:
if ($login == ok)
{Header('Location: http://www.domain.com/member.htm'); }
else
{Header('Location: http://www.domain.com/register.htm'); }

That's not the best approach to it, but that's what you asked for...

Luciano ES
Santos, SP - Brasil

richm

Luciano,

Thanks for the help, but that is similar in resolution to the others that I referred to. In your example, how would the script differentiate between user X, user Y and user Z?

For example:
User X logs in, authenticates and is redirected to welcome.htm in his company's directory.
http://www.mydomain.com/XCompanyName/welcome.htm

User Y logs in, authenticates and is redirected to welcome.htm in his company's directory.
http://www.mydomain.com/YCompanyName/welcome.htm

User Z logs in, authenticates and is redirected to loginfail.htm
http://www.mydomain.com/loginfail.htm

The welcome page for each user's company will be different in both content and appearance.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,

-Rich

lucianoes

That is easy. You could make the following directory structure:

\company1\user1
\company1\user2
\company1\user3

\company2\user1
\company2\user2
\company2\user3

Then you include content:

include("../$company/$user/login.htm");

One single script alone could thus manage an entire company/user structure.

Got it?

    Luciano ES
    Santos, SP - Brasil