Username - Password Script Help!! AH

[austin0369]

Hey guys, maybe you can help me out, I really really..need it!

I am making a username/password login for my website, and we have Client-Logins, however, right now I have the username and passwords just written into the php.. FOr example:

<?

if($username == test && $password == test1);
{
echo("(HTML CODES GO HERE FOR THERE CERTAIN WESBITE. IN OTHER WORDS I PUT THE HTML INSIDE THE SCRIPT. PROVLEM WITH THIS IS IN THE FUTURE IT WILL BE TO BIG AND HARD TO EDIT)Welcome test!");
}
if($username == test2 && $password == test3);
{
echo("Welcome test2!")
}

If i messed up, sorry Im trying to type this as fast as i can. Basically im putrting the HTML coding in the PHP and I dont want to have to do that, how do i set it up so it takes it to a certain site, and so they CAnt just go back to that site without logging in? THanks in advance!

[Jeepsta]

I would suggest using a database to handle your users. As far as the loggin in part......I would suggest you take a look at sessions and/or cookies. I have used session variables to check and see if the user had logged in.

Basically what I did was at the beginning of the page I checked for a variable to be set (say loggedin = yes or something). If it was false (ie not logged in) you send them to the login page and exit the script. If true continue loading the page.

Now I do not claim to be any kind of PHP expert here. Just throwing some suggestions around.

Hope it helps,

Zach