learning sessions

blacksheepradio

http://www.westsidecleaners.net/PHPschool/Week5-Assignment/

<?
session_start();
if $_SESSION['username'] <> 'test' {
header ('Location: login.php');
exit();
} 

print"You have reached the members only area";
print '<p><a href="logout.php">Click here to log out.</a></p>';
?>

:glare: my teacher sucks on resopnding so i'm forced to come here.
🙁 I know the codes not correct - what would be the correct way to check the session but not use headers

blacksheepradio

<?
if ( ($_POST['username'] == 'test') && ($_POST['password'] == 'test') ) { 
  print"You have reached the members only area";
  print '<p><a href="logout.php">Click here to log out.</a></p>';
  }else{
  header ('Location: login.php');
			exit(); 
?>

didn't seem to work either but i do think it's closer to what i'm looking for

ZibingsCoder

What do you mean "not use headers"? Do you want to know how to show them that they didn't login correctly without redirecting them to the login.php page, or...something else?

blacksheepradio

I apologise
i ment not use <? include "header.php"?>
i was just tring to keep the code all on one page till i learned it.
where as the teacher and all his examples push to use the include files

blacksheepradio

<?
session_start();
if $_SESSION['username'] <> 'test' {
header ('Location: login.php');
exit();
}


 print"You have reached the members only area";
 print '<p><a href="logout.php">Click here to log out.</a></p>';
?>

was the code i turned in to check (i couldn't get it to work)
but since one can't see the actual code i used

<?
$_POST[username];
$_POST[password];

if ($username == 'test' and $password == 'test')  { 
  print"<h1>You have reached the members only area</h1><br>";

  print '<p><a href="logout.php">Click here to log out.</a></p>';
  }else{
  include ('login2.php');
  }
?>

i used that code just to make the assignment apear to work but it does not use sessions like he wanted
He didn't check the original code to see that it didn't work he just passed me.
NOW the stupid class is over but id like to know the true way to do it.

ZibingsCoder

Heh, well sorry we didn't give ya a hand in time. Far as the original code goes...

session_start();

if ( isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password']) )
{
    if ( ($_POST['username'] == 'test') && ($_POST['password'] == 'test') )
    {
        $_SESSION['logged_in'] = true;
    }

else
{
    header ( "Location: login.php" );
    exit;
}
}

That should work how you want. just have to check the $_SESSION['logged_in'] on any page you want to verify they're logged in at.