Cookies

[iceraider]

I need to check my cookie and see if its value you matches a passowrd in my database. If it does I need it to print something. This is how I want it setup!

 $right = check_cookie();
 if($right) {
 //Show Right Cookie
 if(!$right) {
 //Show no right
 }

function check_cookie() {
 // See if it cookies, matches if it does return a true value
}

How would I do this?

[planetsim]

Never have a password in a cookie or a session

but if its there try this

$_COOKIE['cookie_name']

echo that if theres anything in that then there will be output

[rontgoff]

If you pulled the password out of the db and placed it in to $password_from_db and if your cookie was set as "password" then you can do this. (I too would never place the password as a cookie, for the users sake).

if($password == $password_from_db){
print "Cookies good. hmm";
}
if($password != $password_from_db){
print "What no cookie";
header("loaction:login.php");
}

This would have to be in the very start of you php doc becasue of the header code, you can remove it though. I use header codes to force the user in to area i want them.

[xwin]

I put the md5 encrypted value of the password in.