Browser showing activity....

[Krillan]

I'm a n00b at PHP and need clarification w/ something:

After loading one of my php pages, my browser never stops showing activity. I.E. it never says "Done". Does anyone have an idea as to why it would be doing this? Thanks for ur time.

[dotbob]

not without seeing the contents of your page

[Krillan]

<?php
   ob_start();
   ini_set ('display_errors', 1);
   error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE);

   require('header.html');

   if (isset($_POST['submit']))
   {
      if ((!empty($_POST['username'])) && (!empty($_POST['password'])))
      {
         if (($_POST['username'] == 'testing') && ($_POST['password'] == 'testpass'))
         {
            session_start();
            $_SESSION['username'] = 'testing';
            header('Location: downloads.php');
            exit();
         }
         else
         {
            print '<p>The username or password is incorrect. Please try again.</p>';
         }
      }
      else
      {
         print '<p>You must specify your username and password. Please try again.</p>';
      }
   }
   else
   {
      print '<form action="login.php" method="post"><p>
      Username: <input type="text" name="username" size="20" /><br />
      Password: <input type="password" name="password" size="20" /><br />
      <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Log In!" /></p>
      </form>';
   }

   require('footer.html');

?>

[Kudose]

might want to add

ob_end_flush();

to the end of the script.

[Krillan]

Thanks man, I was trying to figure out how to end the ob_start(). Unfortunately, this did not fix the problem, although I'm sure it helped it :-)

[Kudose]

You may want to change:

require('header.html');

to:

include('header.html');

Reason: Using the require command runs that page 3 times before showing it, include command inserts information once.

Try this modded code of yours:

<?
session_start();
ini_set ('display_errors', 1); 
error_reporting (E_ALL & ~E_NOTICE); 

include('header.html'); 

//if submit clicked do this

if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];
//if fields empty kill script
if(!$username || !$password){ 
echo "Please fill out all fields."; exit(); }
if(($username == "test") && ($password == "testpass")){

//if everything checks out do this
ob_start();
$_SESSION['[e-mail]'] = $username;
header('Location: downloads.php'); 
ob_flush();            

exit(); 

//if it fails do this
} else { 
echo "Wrong info entered."; exit(); }

//if not clicked do this
} else {
echo "<form action='login.php' method='post'><p> 
      Username: <input type='text' name='username' size='20'><br> 
      Password: <input type='password' name='password' size='20'><br> 
      <input type='submit' name='submit' value='Log In!'></p> 
      </form>"; 
}
include('footer.html');
?>

[Krillan]

Thanks for your response. I used the modified script character per character, and the same result is happening. I'd be curious if it happens on yours too. I seriously doubt it's my header.html and footer.html, but I dunno.

[Kudose]

It is some where in your header or footer. Here is the modded code on my server.

http://www.spechal.com/test.php