Losing registered varible

[Namadoor]

I have this login script. You type in a username, and it logs you in as that name. It does the login procedure, then stores what you typed into user into a var called $validuser. It then registeres valid user.

The code goes like this:

$validuser = $username;
session_register("validuser");

You type in your username into index.php. It then processes the info in login.php, and then in 3 seconds, goes back. You appear logged in, however, it has lost your username!

Then you can logout if you wish, that just unregisters $validuser.

I don't know why it is loosing $validuser.

If you want to see how it works, go to http://24.81.229.246/~mark/

I want to know why it is losing $validuser

[SkuTheSnake]

i think that you get $validuser only if you try to send it to a 'new page' or your entry page

at your page you get the name of the user :

...
$validuser = $username;
session_register("validuser");
...

then you send it to an other page

there you must have an
...
session_start();
echo $validuser;
....

if you use a scriptfunction like

echo "<script>history.back();</script>";
you will lose the variable only if you make a new init of the session you will get the data

thats the way i make it with several objects

🙂
if there are better ways todo this i will listen 🙂
SkuTheSnake

ps: (bah sorry terrible english)

[lexioflexio]

Have you tried to use global session vars?
Have you started the session? ( session_start() )

You could try it like this:

session_start();

$HTTP_SESSION_VARS['validuser'] = $username;
$HTTP_SESSION_VARS['password'] = $password;

then in the next page you call them like this:

$username = $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['validuser'];

That's it, then the session is global.

Greetz,

Lexioflexio

[Namadoor]

Hmm, this is my code now for login.php

 
<?
Session_start();
Require_Once("functions.php");

if ($login == side)	{
	$loginvar = login($username, $password);
	if (!$loginvar)	{
	}
	else	{
		Global $validuser;
		$validuser = $username;
		session_register("validuser");
	}
}
MakeHeader(Login, no);

if ($login == side)	{
	if (!$loginvar)	{
	}
	else	{
		echo "\$username = $username";
		echo "\$validuser = $validuser";
		echo "You have been logged in<br>";
	}
	echo "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"3 URL=javascript:history.go(-1)\">";
	echo 'You will be taken back to the page you came from';

}

MakeFooter();

?>

So do you mean just to change the $validuser to $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['validuser']
?

[Namadoor]

When I user $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['validuser'] I get the error:
Parse error: parse error, expecting T_STRING' orT_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING' in /home/mark/public_html/functions.php on line 173