[Resolved] Forward to a Page or Calling another php page

ethought

Sorry if this is a stupid question, but is there a way in php to call or forward to another page without actually clicking on a link? For example, after a successful login, do I just have to include('page.php); or is there another way?

I know how to use header("Location:...") however, in my php page there isn't anything to render, but I need to check the login, and I know that the header call will get called before anything else.

Thanks.

cgraz

but I need to check the login, and I know that the header call will get called before anything else.

That's not ENTIRELY true.

header() must be called before you OUTPUT anything to the browser. You can have 1000 lines of PHP code that output nothing, then call to header() and have no problem at all.

Cgraz

ethought

Thanks. I will give that a shot.

ethought

Well, I tried that and it is not working. Well, it is going to the page I am redirecting to, however, before I say

header("fdafdsa")

I put something in the session. And on the page I redirect to I am checking for that session variable and it is not finding it. But if I use include() it has no problem. I have also tried using:

But it appears to function similar to header() and is not picking up the session variable entry.

cgraz

can you post some code/links, more detailed explanation. It's hard to determine from the information given.

Cgraz

ethought

Sure, sorry, no problem.

<?php
	require_once('c:\php\smarty\Smarty.class.php');

if ($_SESSION['loggedin'] == 1)
{
	header("Location: index.php");
}
else
{

	$smarty = new Smarty;

	$user_name_form = "<input type='text' name='username'>";
	$password_form = "<input type='password' name='password'>";
	$user_name_label = "User Name";
	$password_label = "Password";
	$smarty->assign('username', $user_name_label);
	$smarty->assign('usernameform', $user_name_form);
	$smarty->assign('password', $password_label);
	$smarty->assign('passwordform', $password_form);
	$smarty->display('login.tpl');
}

?>

<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<form action="do_login.php" method="post" name="login" id="login">
  <table align="CENTER" width="30%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
    <tr>
      <td width="38%">{$username}</td>
      <td width="62%">{$password}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>{$usernameform}</td>
      <td>{$passwordform}</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Login"></td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</form>
</body>
</html>

do_login.php

<?php

session_start();
require_once('Connections/Anykey.php');
require_once('c:\php\smarty\Smarty.class.php');
$smarty = new Smarty;

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

mysql_select_db($database_Anykey, $Anykey);
$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM user_table WHERE username = '$user'");
$data = mysql_fetch_object($query);
$stored_pass = $data->password;
$authorized = $data->authorized;

if ($stored_pass == $password)
{
	if ($authorized == $data->authorized)
	{
		$_SESSION['loggedin'] = 1;
		header("Location: index.php");
		#include('index.php');
		#echo "<meta http-equiv='refresh' content='3;URL=index.php'>";
	}
	else
	{

	}
}
else
{
	include('login.php');
}




?>

index.php

<html>
<head>
<title>Anykey</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
	if ($_SESSION['loggedin'] == 1)
	{
		echo "Welcome to Anykey";
	}
	else
	{
		include('login.php');
	}

?>
</body>

</html>

That should do it. Thanks a bunch for any help.

ethought

I think I may have solved it. I added a session_start() to the very beginning of my index.php file and it seems to work now. I didn't know I needed that if I wasn't actually adding or removing variables from the session.

Thanks.

cgraz

ahh. Yeah, you do need to call that at the beginning of your script. Glad you got it solved. I'm going to mark this thread resolved for you (see my sig).

Cgraz

ethought

Great! Thanks. I remember that from now on.

Thanks again.