Cookie Problem

xDeadxBeatx

I cant figure out why this isnt working. It worked on my computer when i was hosting my own site i had php,mysql, and apache. Now my site is hosted on www.8-95.com and i have a domain name. The problem is that i cant set cookies or start sessions. This is the error i get when i run this code:

<?php
if(empty($_POST['username']) || empty($_POST['password'])) { 
echo"<center>
<form method='POST' action='?page=login.php'>
<table border=1 border-color='#FF9900'>
<tr>
<td border=1><center>Login Form</center></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td border = 1>
Username: <input type='text' name='username' size='20'>
<p></p>Password: <input type='password' name='password' size='20'>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td border = 1>
<center>
<input type='submit' value='Login' name='login'>
</center>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<br>
</center>";
}
else if(isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password'])){
$user = addslashes($_POST['username']);
$pass = $_POST['password'];

include "db.php";
$db = mysql_connect("$dbHost", "$dbUser", "$dbPassword") or die (mysql_error());

mysql_select_db("$dbDatabase", $db) or die (mysql_error());

$result=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM users WHERE username='$user' AND password='$pass'", $db);

$rowCheck = mysql_num_rows($result);
if($rowCheck > 0){
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
  setcookie('fname',$name);
  $name=$row['firstname'];
  $_COOKIE['fname'] = $name;
  $uname=$row['username'];
  setcookie('rank',$status);
  $status=$row['status'];
  $_COOKIE['rank'] = $status;
  $date = date("F j, Y");
  $time = date("g:i a");
  $lastloginnow = "$date at $time";
  mysql_query("Update users set lastlogin='$lastloginnow' where username='$user'", $db);
  if($status == "Monarch"||$status == "Noble") {
  echo "<center>Welcome, $name</center>";
  echo "<br>";
  echo "<center><a href='?page=newsform.php'>Add News</a><br><a href='?page=registerform.php'>Recruit User</a><br><a href='?page=promote.php'>Promote User</a><br><a href='?page=changepwform.php&usern=$uname'>Change Password</a><br><a href='?page=updatelvlform.php&usern=$uname'>Update Level</a><br><a href='?page=modifyprofileform.php&usern=$uname'>Modify Profile</a></center><br>";
  }
  else if($status == "Knight") {
  echo "<center>Welcome, $name</center>";
  echo "<br>";
  echo "<center><a href='?page=newsform.php'>Add News</a><br><a href='?page=registerform.php'>Recruit User</a><br><a href='?page=changepwform.php&usern=$uname'>Change Password</a><br><a href='?page=updatelvlform.php&usern=$uname'>Update Level</a><br><a href='?page=modifyprofileform.php&usern=$uname'>Modify Profile</a></center><br>";
  }

  else{
  echo "<center>Welcome, $name</center>";
  echo "<br>";
  echo "<center><a href='?page=changepwform.php&usern=$uname'>Change Password</a><br><a href='?page=updatelvlform.php&usern=$uname'>Update Level</a><br><a href='?page=modifyprofileform.php&usern=$uname'>Modify Profile</a></center><br>";
  }
}
}
else {
  echo 'Incorrect login name or password. Please try again.';
}
}
?>

The errors:

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /home/reaper10/domains/bloodreapersinc.com/public_html/index.php:5) in /home/reaper10/domains/bloodreapersinc.com/public_html/login.php on line 41

Can anyone help me. I need to be able to set cookies for my login.

LordShryku

Same question, back to back...
http://www.phpbuilder.com/board/showthread.php?s=&postid=10470913#post10470913

xDeadxBeatx

Well i already tried output buffering ob_start(); and ob_end_flush(); and none of that works. My code worked on my computer running the latest versions of php,mysql,and apache. And it just happened to be a coincidence that we posted at the same time. I probably posted while i was still typing

xDeadxBeatx

How did Halflife get his working. I dont understand. If i could access my php.ini file i would be able to fix my problem but i cant because im being hosted and they dont allow access to php.ini

sid

is there any possibility you could post the url to that file that causes the problems? or at least the FULL html output?

xDeadxBeatx

you can access the file at www.bloodreapersinc.com/index.php?page=login.php but you cant read the code or edit it just see the output. By html output do you mean the whole file cuz that is the whole file.

sid

yep - thats what i asked for - would it be possible to set up a username so i can see what happens? user test/test or so - you can delete it right away then.

xDeadxBeatx

Sure its set up. please dont add any news or anything

xDeadxBeatx

Can anyone please help me?

xDeadxBeatx

I figured out that its my index.php thats causing the error because i include the login page but i dont know how to fix it to make it so that the login page shows up in the index page. Someone please help me

sid

i can see it works now. i suppose your problem is, that you want to have the login form and the login action in one file.

just make sure to call this file before any data gets sent to the browser (cos of the cookies) and

if (!$loggedin) {
  $form = "<FORM>...</FORM>";
}

in your index.php just include the $loggedin string which will create the form.

i hope i could make myself understood there ;-)

xDeadxBeatx

Well i put ob_start(); at the beginning and ob_end_flush(); at the end of the index.php file. But now the cookie still wont set