BIG TIME URL/PHP problem

Anon

I have a simple login script that is working perfectly, except for one thing- it is doing some really funky thing with the URL. Here is the code:

<?php

#####################################################

This program verifies the user/pass combination

#####################################################

$enteruser = trim($enteruser);
$enterpass = trim($enterpass);

include("file outside of root directory");

$Link1 = mysql_connect($Host,$User,$Password);
mysql_select_db($DBName, $Link1);

$Query1 = "SELECT * from auth where user = '$enteruser'";

$Result1 = mysql_query($Query1,$Link1);

$Array1 = mysql_fetch_array($Result1);

$veriuser = $Array1["user"];
$veripass = $Array1["pass"];
$sessUSER = $Array1["user"];
$sessAUTH = $Array1["auth_code"];
$sessADM = $Array1["admin"];
$sessDIP = $Array1["diplomatic"];
$sessSEC = $Array1["security"];
$sessECO = $Array1["economic"];
$sessINT = $Array1["intelligence"];
$sessJUS = $Array1["justice"];
$sessSEN = $Array1["senate"];
$sessSTATUS = "LOGGED-IN";

if ($enterpass == "$veripass" && ($enteruser == "$veriuser")) {

session_start();
session_register ('user');
session_register ('auth');
session_register ('adm');
session_register ('dip');
session_register ('sec');
session_register ('eco');
session_register ('int');
session_register ('jus');
session_register ('sen');
session_register ('status');

$user = "$sessUSER";
$auth = "$sessAUTH";
$adm = "$sessADM";
$dip = "$sessDIP";
$sec = "$sessSEC";
$eco = "$sessECO";
$int = "$sessINT";
$jus = "$sessJUS";
$sen = "$sessSEN";
$status = "$sessSTATUS";

print("<center>Thank You! You are now logged in! Click <a href='www.mysite.com/TEST/sessiontest.php'>HERE!</a>");

}

else

{

print("<bgcolor = 'red' font color ='yellow' font size ='6'><center>NOT AUTHORIZED!! Please go back and try again <a href='/login.htm'>Click Here to go back!</a>");

exit;
}
?>

NOW then, where it goes wrong is this- THIS program is located at http://www.mysite.com/ACCESS/verify.php

When I click on the link after it says it is successful, it tries to send me to -

http://www.mysite.com/ACCESS/www.mysite.com/TEST/sessiontest.php

What am I doing wrong here?

Anon

It's an HTML problem, not PHP:

It should be:
print("<center>Thank You! You are now logged in! Click <a href='http://www.mysite.com/TEST/sessiontest.php'>HERE!</a>");

If a URL doesn't start with http://, then it is considered relative to the current path.

Diego

Anon

btw, it would save alot of lines of code by just storing the username in a session and calling it like

$Query1 = "SELECT * FROM auth WHERE user = '".$HTTP_SESSION_VARS['user']."'";

Anon

Ok thanks Diego- I feel stupid now LOL I should have caught that myself.

Radley- yeah I was just testing somethings out and that helped me keep track of things basically.

BTW- i ran the tests, and everything is working so far, I am so excited! My First REAL PHP program is doing what it is supposed to be doing!

Thanks guys!