variable is empty until refresh

[skeppens]

Hi in a login script I am asking for a username and password. If the combination is correct I am showing a welcome message with his first name and show a menu.

For some reason the first name is not displayed until after doing a refresh.

How can I solve this ? In attachment I added the complete script.

S

[juschillinnow]

I didn't look at the whole thing, but this usually happens when you process the information AFTER you actually display it.

for example:

<?
echo $name;
$name = "juschillin";
?>

first time that somone loads the page, $name won't show.

whereas the script should read:

<?
$name = "juschillin";
echo $name;
?>

Maybe that might help.

I looked like some of your if statements, were below where you actually displayed the results