very strange problem ????

ceanth

Hi all i have some coding and it goes like this:

<?
session_start(); // start session.
?>
<html>
<head>

and so on then i have:

if(isset($username) | isset($password))
echo "you are already logged in!";
else
{

than a form, then

</body>
</html>

Now if i remove the middle <? ..... ?> the page loads up, if i leave it in the page doesnt load, i dont understand why
😕

The page was originally .html but i had to change it to .php cause i had some problems with links (something do with php being stored on a different server to .html), anyways does anyone know what the problem is and how do fix it without removing the middle <?...?>

Many thanks

ceanth

TTT

<? session_start();


if(isset($username) || isset($pwd)) {
   echo "You are logged"; 
   exit;
} else { ?>
      <form></form>
<?}?>

ceanth

does session_start not have to be at the start of the document? Why wont it let me have the middle <?

TTT

do you got some error?

ceanth

i solved it by creating a link which would bring me back to the other server (the one which html files are stored), so i went from a php to html, but im not sure if this will cause a problem, check out my other post.