Storing pages in a database

[corruption]

I've written the path to each page that i am currently using into a database. I use an include file to create the links for each page (one file all links). One page is a login form. When i go to process the form, the url maintains it's state and it seems for some reason that it does not process the form. i.e. if the url says linkid=5 for the form then it just reloads when you hit submit. Any ideas on how to change this?

[devinemke]

does the action tag of the form point to the proper form handling code?

[corruption]

i've tried using another page i.e.

<form action="http://photography.ronhnelson.com/admin/checkuser.php" method="post">

and

<form action="http://....index.php?linkID=6 method="post">

and
using functions to show and process the form.
<form action=\"$_SERVER[PHP_SELF'] ....
and none of them seem to be working properly.

[corruption]

here's the scripts in their most recent form.

<--------------login.php----------------->

<?php
include '../includes/conn.php.inc';
//create login form

echo "<table><form=\"http://photography.ronhnelson.com/index.php?linkID=6\" method=\"post\">";
echo "<tr><td>Username:</td>";
echo "<td><input type=\"text\" name=\"username\" /></td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>Password:</td>";
echo "<td><input type=\"password\" name=\"password\" /></td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" /></td>";
echo "<td><input type=\"reset\" name=\"reset\" value=\"Reset\" /></td>";
echo "</tr>";

echo "</form>";
echo "</table>";



?>

<-------------------index.php----------->
<?php
//new start for milestone four with php and databases

include 'includes/conn.php.inc';

echo "<div id=\"content\">";
echo "<div id=\"header\">";
echo "<img src=\"http://photography.ronhnelson.com/includes/head.php.inc\"  alt=\"php gd created image\" />";
echo "</div>";

require_once 'includes/link.php.inc';
//require_once 'includes/pages.php';

$id = $_GET['linkID'];


$sql    =    "SELECT * FROM tblLink WHERE link_ID='$id'";


$result    =    mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0)
    {
    ?>
        <?php 
        while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
    {
	   include $row['Path'];
   }
} else {
	include 'http://photography.ronhnelson.com/index2.php';
}
echo "<br /><br /><br />";
echo "<div id=\"footer\">";
require_once 'includes/footer.php.inc';

echo "</div>";

echo "</div>";
?>

<-------------------checkuser.php which is linkID=6-------->

<?php

//declare variables
$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = md5($_POST['password']);
$submit = $_POST['submit'];

if((isset($username)) && (isset($password))) {
	$sql = "SELECT * FROM tblPhotographer WHERE Uname='$user' AND Pword='$pass'";

//echo $sql;
//echo "<br />";

$result = mysql_query($sql)or die(mysql_error());
if(mysql_num_rows($result) > 0) {
while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
foreach( $row AS $key => $val ){
	$$key = stripslashes( $val );
}
	// Register some session variables!
	session_register('FirstName');
	$_SESSION['FirstName'] = $fname;
	session_register('LastName');
	$_SESSION['LastName'] = $lname;
	session_register('Uname');
	$_SESSION['Uname'] = $number;
	session_register('Email');
    $_SESSION['Email'] = $email;
	session_register('photographer_id');
	$_SESSION['photographer_id'] = $id;


	header("Location: [url]http://photography.ronhnelson.com/index.php?linkID=7[/url]");
}
} else {
	echo "you could not be logged in to the system. please contact your webmaster";
}
}
?>

I don't know why when the form is submitted, it doesn't really appear to go to the processing page.

[Weedpacket]

What do you get if you print_r($_GET)?

[corruption]

if i do print_r($_GET)...where, on which page and for what? since i'm using post unless you're referring to accessing the pages. I need a little more information please