php pages concatenation

jonsof

I want to make a system like a forum. So i would like to ask you how can am i transfered from a php page to another like this forum!

I mean that i would like to connect my php pages via submit button, so if someone authenticate himself by pressing the submit button the he will be transfered to another page i.e his account.

dcjones

Take a look at

http://www.travellingtoengland.co.uk

there is a forum on the second page. it uses php for all its scripting.

You can get the complete script at http://www.w-agora.com

DCJ

jonsof

thanks but i want the statement if there is any statement under a submit button which can let you to go to another page like page2.php if you were in page1.php before.

BuzzLY

Click here if you need further info.

Hope that answers your question.

jonsof

if i put that html tag in my code so pressing the submit button the script from page2.php will be executed.

Let me give you an idea of what i mean!
When you are login in this forum you press the submit and you start the procedure of authentication then automatically you are moved into another page like your acount or the main index.

I have the script above

 <echo "<FORM ACTION= $PHP_SELF METHOD=POST >
	USERNAME <INPUT TYPE=TEXT VALUE=TEXT SIZE=20>
	PASSWORD <INPUT TYPE=PASSWORD VALUE=PASS SIZE=20>
	<INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE=SUBMIT >"

.....
.....
here is the control structures and the query to Database.

So if someone inputs his username and password correctly i want him to be able to move into the main index NOT TO REFRESH the page and display the message "Welcome XXXX", but go inside.

BuzzLY

If you don't want the page to reappear, then don't use "$PHP_SELF." That's what is causing your page to reload. instead, put the URL of the page that you want to appear.

If you look at the source of your login page, you will see the form tag with the current url as the Action of that form. That is not what you want.

Check out the URL that I provided you -- it will tell you more info on how to redirect to another page. Specifically, here is what it says:

The ACTION attribute is required if any action is to occur when the user presses a "Submit" button in the form.

ACTION="serverURL"

specifies the URL of the program to be invoked when the form is submitted. The action can also be a mailto: URL if the form results are to be mailed to someone

This is not PHP related, but is a basic HTML concept. If you need more help with this, I suggest you take a look at some HTML resources. Here are a couple of good ones to get you started:

Good Luck!

jonsof


<FORM method="post" ACTION="authorization.php" >
<TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=center> <b>Username</b> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=center> <INPUT NAME="user" TYPE="text" SIZE="15"> </TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=center> <b>Password</b> </TD> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=center> <input type="password" name="pass" size= "15"> </TD> </TR>
<TR> <TD ALIGN=CENTER VALIGN=center> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Login" name="submit"></TD> <TD></TD> </TR>
</FORM>

the script above, as you can see, provide a form in order to autorizate the user and let him go in the system.

The form shows the php file which inthat case is authorization.php

 $username=$_POST['user'];
      $password=$_POST['pass'];

mysql_connect("localhost");
mysql_select_db("authentication");

if($_POST['submit']) {

if(($username)&&($password)) {

$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='$username' AND password='$password'");
$num=mysql_num_rows($result);

if($num=="1") { echo "<div align=center>Good Morning Mr ".$username." </div>";}

else {echo "<div align=center>You are not registered</div>"; }}

else {echo "<div align=center>You should fill all the fields, Please Go Back</div>"; }}

mysql_close();

The script above is doing the authentication, so my problem is that, when i press the submit iam transfered to the php page, but i want to go to another page like the login page of the forums.

Could i use META tags in order to archieve that? a META tag which will let me to move into another page in a few seconds???

christiank

Try
if(LoggedIn) {
header(Location: myForum.php?anything);
}
else {

jonsof

I solved my problem using the META tags as i mentioned in a previous reply. For Example i used

Is it a good way for redirection?
I have seen this way of coding in phpBB forum.

BuzzLY

I think the key is... does it do the job you need it to? If so, then it's the right solution! That's what great about programming. If your solution works the way you need it to, and it's as efficient as you need it to be, then it's correct.

Congrats on figuring it out. Makes ya feel all warm and tingly, doesn't it? 😃