logged in->refresh->back to login=problem

goaman

I've got a new problem...

I've got a flash login form... if USER refresh the page after the login, the page go back to the login stage and asking to LOGIN again... while my site display that user name as logged in already...

Is there anyway to keep the user in the same page when he/she refresh the page if he/she logged in?

Thanx in advance

-GM

prinzcy

i think you still hold the var, that's why the user still exist.

goaman

Hi prinzcy,
var what? pls clearify it... ??

thanx in advance...

-GM

rebelo

I think seeing some code would help. But if you store a variable in the session that indicates the user to be logged in then you can just check for that when refreshing.

goaman

Hi rebelo,
I'm new to this login system... ok there is a txt file which save the current logged in users... but I've no idea how can I check if she/he refresh the page and make those loged in onece to keep in current page...

-GM

mtimdog

How do you tell is someone is logged in? (test for a cookie, session variable, or whatnot) You're probly doing this somewhere already if you're outputting the person's name. On the page that includes your login page/code you could put something like

if (logged_in)
include page
else
include login_form

Tea_J

I think i understand your problem mate. I too have done dynamic Flash sites.. and it's always a headache to counter the user's tendencies to hit REFRESH or the BACK button...

Here's what you do... Put a stop at the 10th frame of the flash site... within 1-10th frame, call a PHP file... that PHP file shoudl return either of these 2 variable:value pair:

1) logged_in=true
2) logged_in=false

The PHP file when called must check for sessions on that page, if session of the user is present (meaning logged in), then it returns true, else it returns falls..

Now obviously, your Flash site must not play untill it receives the variable logged_in .. if ithe variable has "true" then go directly to your flash's main section.. if false, go to login section.

I hope this is clear enough for you

Good luck!
tea

goaman

Hi guys..
sorry that I'm late....

I've found this php session code for login system...
the guy who post this said: this is mostly used...

could someone pls clearify this code and make a php out of it?

<? session_start( ); ?>
//This allows the page to take in all of the session information, including registered variables.

<pre>
<?
session_start();
session_register("username","password");
?>
</pre>
//This would imbed the values of the variable $username and $password in the session

<pre>
<?
session_start();
?>
</pre>
//then it will be able to access the registered variables inside. The issue arises though, how do I go about passing the session ID to the next page? Easy.

<pre>
<?
$session=session_id();
?>
<a href="next.php?<?echo $session?>">next</a>
</pre>
//Just used session_id() function to get the current session's ID information.

//log-off button
session_destroy();

Tea_J=I understood what you mean but I've no idea how that php(which flash load in 10th frame...) should look like(ckeking var... tru/false)...
mtimdog= do you mean that I should check it in the begning of the page?

if (logged_in)
include page
else
include login_form

could ye show me a sample code to check if he / she logged in?
If she/he logged in then it should grab their names from a loggein.txt.... and mainly directing 'em to logged_in page?

thanx guys....

-GM

Tea_J

lemme clarify a bit.

If you have 2 flash pages, page 1 being the flash login page and page 2 being the main flash site, then your solution is mtimdog's suggestion... serve page 1 if not logged in, serve page 2 if loged in.

My suggestion is for a single page that hosts the Flash site, and the log in being in that same swf as the main site.

now ofcourse everytime you load that Flash site, it starts at the login page right?

so before the timeline get's to the login page, stop it.. have an actionscript that calls a php script (eg. check_session.php)

that script will check for sessions and echo back true or false...

as soon as Flash gets the variable, flash should play according to the variable returned.. if false, got to login, if true, jump to frame XX (your main section)

Understand so far?

Tea

goaman

Tea_J,
yes. I do also have the same idea, on page loading it should check that if user logged in or not.... yes, I know how to call php file in A.Script

The problem is: PHP

I dunno how that php should looks like,

example:

php check->if user name & pass right(check it from "Members.txt")-> if success page 2 if not back to login page, if success then somehow check the user is online(?), and save his/her name in "OnlineUsers.txt", if user logged off then delete it from "OnlineUsers.txt"

It'd be great if someone would show me a sample php file with code...

thanx...

-GM

Tea_J

ahh.. so your problem is in PHP coding?

Well, you will have to look through the php manual and check how to SET and CHECK for sessions - sessions are the best way to check if user is logged in (in this scenario at least)..

regarding online users list, that's a different story from the flash login vs main section issue we have.

As for the sample script, your best bet is in the php manuals.

Tea

goaman

Hi Tea_J,
is there any problem in this code... will this work? if yes then how?
could ye maybe fix it or something?

<? session_start( ); ?>
//This allows the page to take in all of the session information, including registered variables.

<pre>
<?
session_start();
session_register("username","password");
?>
</pre>
//This would imbed the values of the variable $username and $password in the session

<pre>
<?
session_start();
?>
</pre>
//then it will be able to access the registered variables inside. The issue arises though, how do I go about passing the session ID to the next page? Easy.

<pre>
<?
$session=session_id();
?>
<a href="next.php?<?echo $session?>">next</a>
</pre>
//Just used session_id() function to get the current session's ID information.

//log-off button
session_destroy();

thanx...

-GM

Tea_J

yes.. this would work.. to simplify the solution, you just have to add a condition when checking for sessions... something like,

if session is set, echo "true", else echo false

your flash should catch one of these two outputs from PHP, and then flash can decide where to take the user.

TEa

goaman

Hi Tea_J,
Could ye pls make PHP files out of that CODE I posted and add
"if session is set, echo "true", else echo false" in it, so to end my problem??

pls...

thanx

-GM

Tea_J

aite.. cooking you up a sample now.

Tea

jannoy

try this
before your <html>

<?
$user=@$HTTP_POST_VARS ["user"];
$password = @$HTTP_POST_VARS ["password"];
$submitted = @$HTTP_POST_VARS ["submitlogin"];

if ($submitted == "Log In") {

if (($user<>"your user name ") &&
($password<> "mypassword" ))
{
setcookie ("yourcookie", "Invalid user.", time());
header ("location:yourlogin.php")

else {

setcooke("yourcooke","ok");

header ("location:main.php");

}
else {

header ("location:yourlogin.php");
}

goaman

Hi jannoy,
This code does not run... don't know why.. I'm doing something wrong... Could you pls make PHP files out of your code.. with clear explanation.. pls? Where is the pass and username located in this code?? and how it's checking from my server? Is that password and username file is a textfile? so to clear my questions could you pls make SAMPLE php files? (I've asked from many but no one post me a sample php... just talk...)

Sample file could be..

1) "index.php" = main page
2) "Login.php" = which checks the username and pass..
3) "Logged in.php"

I think thats all(?).. I need...

here is my e-mail: mcblast_x@hotmail.com

pls... if ye got time give me a hand on this....

thanx in advance...

-GM

jannoy

so try this

inder your index.php

<?
// start your session here //
@session_start();
// check if your cookie file is empty
if(empty($_COOKIE["thePass"]))
// redirect if your cookie is empty
echo "<script>javascript:location.href='login.php';</script>";

under your login.php
@session_start();
if(!empty($POST["txtpassword"])){
if((@$POST["txtpassword"]=="admin")){
@setcookie("thePass",@$_POST["txtpassword"]);
echo "<script>window.location.href('index.php');</script>";
}
$passMsg="Incorrect Password, Please Try Again!!";

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>My sample Admin</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
</head>

<body>
<center>
<form action="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'] ?>" method="post" name="frmadmin">
<table width="60%" bgcolor="#000066">
<tr height="50">
<td colspan="2" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="4" color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Administrative Log-in</strong></font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="57%"><input type="password" name="txtpassword"></td>
</tr>
<tr><td width="43%" align="center"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2" color="#FFFFFF"><strong>Password:</strong></font></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2" align="center"><input type="submit" value="Log-in"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>

goaman

Hi!
Login php works(I think)... when log-in button is clicked, it shows me error page... so what page will it load to check if the user pass was right/wrong? and index.php doesn't work, dunno why? it's not craeting the cookie although it suppose to... and what check the users if they are logged in or not? where the password text file is stored how it looks like?(is it something like: UserName1="MyPassword867", UserName2="Password7632")?

pls... answer me...

thanx..

-GM

jannoy

what was the error?? could you paste it here thanks