user redirecting

[wanted420]

ok what would i look up to figure out how to redirect a user to the members page after they click submit on the login page?😃

[planetsim]

Is this a trick question??

If not there are many ways

Have a file that validates the user information if correct they get redirected using header() or even a meta refresh

Or you can have the action in the form aimed at the members page.. Validate it there.. If wrong redirect somewhere else.

[Calahan]

How about something like....

$sql = "SELECT ID FROM " . $Table . " WHERE username='" . $_POST['username'] . "' AND password='" . md5($_POST['password']) . "' LIMIT 1";

if(!($result = mysql_query($sql))) 
{
	die(mysql_error());
}

if(mysql_num_rows($result) == 1)
	{ 
header('refresh: 3; url=member.php');
echo "<h2><center>You have been validated. Please wait, logging you in. . .</h2><br>
<center>If your browser doesn't support redirection and you're still here in 3 seconds, <a href='member.php'>click here</a></center>";
	}
else 
	{
header('refresh: 5; url=index.php');
echo "<b><u><center>Login failure </b></u><br>Username/Password mismatch. Sit tight, we're sending you back to the login page in 5 seconds.<br>
If your browser doesn't support redirection and you're still here in 5 seconds, <a href='index.php'>click here</a></center>";
	}
?> 

[wanted420]

well sorry this is the newbie section right?? anyway thanks for the help. i dont know how to use headers. i didnt know they could redirct. I dont know what a meta refresh is either. ok well thanks