Bypass Login

SP8600

Hi, i am just wondering how can i bypass the index.php which is the login page if the cookie is already set. Here is what i thought it might be but it seams to be wrong.

if (!isset($ppnews_id)) {die("<html><head><title>Redirecting...</title><BODY><script language=\"Javascript\">window.location=\"admin.php\"</script>Redirecting...</BODY></HTML>"); }

bretticus

Might as well use PHP instead as JavaScript is not always reliable:

if ($COOKIE['ppnews_id']) {
     Header('Location: admin.php');
}

bretticus

sorry, that super global needs a (i.e. $COOKIE)

SP8600

If i do it like this:

if ($_COOKIE['ppnews_id']) {
     Header('Location: admin.php');
}
else {

other php here

}

Then it always dispalys "Notice: Undefined index: ppnews_id in C:\wwwroot\pp\index.php on line 16" if the cookie is not set, how can i stop this error message from occuring.

SP8600

anyone have any idea how i can get rid of this error

leonleun

is ppnews_id comming from a cookie? is it just some value you calculated elsewhere?

if it is a value you calculate somewhere else then possibly just do this...

if ($ppnews_id) {
     Header('Location: admin.php');
}
else {

other php here

}

bretticus

What OS (I know it's windows but which one) are you using and what version of PHP. I have Linux and Windows PHP set up and I did not get that message using the same logic on either platform.

Consequently, I'm unfamiliar with the meaning of the "Notice: Undefined index:" message.

You can use isset($ppnews_id) by somebody could just append a ?ppnews_id=anaything and go right through without logging in.

Anyway, you may have an older version of PHP (<4.2.0) that doesn't recognize the superglobal arrays.

leonleun

it seems to me that "Notice: Undefined index:" means that he has error reporting turned up, and the $_COOKIE array does not have the 'ppnews_id' index

he must have php>=4.20 otherwise he should be getting a "warning: Undefined Variable"