Login help

[NooberUber]

I would like to know how to make it so theres a page (index.php) thats asks for your name in a form. then when you submit, from then on the other pages would show your name at the top.

[rIkLuNd]

well, you could register a session when the user enters the correct data, and then have this code on the top of each page:

echo $_SESSION['TheSession'];

[NooberUber]

yes i could.........(how do i do that?)

[rIkLuNd]

sorry, didn't think of that... this is how I do it:

<?php
session_start();

# the user data comes from a  form (of course!)...

// check for username and password in the database
// I assume that they were found, and will now register the
// user session

$user = $_POST['user'];
session_register('user');

header("Location: 2.php");

?>

// This is 2.php

<?php
session_start();

echo $_SESSION['user'];

?>