[Resolved] Variables and Framesets

0tter

I have a frameset, with two frames, I simply need to pass the pass a password and username variable from the main frame, where it has been picked up from a form, to the second of the two frames which is a php memberpage. By the way it needs to be a fresh frameset.

The main frameset is member_frameset.php

<?php
session_start();
//create short variable names
// Here I've collected the posted variables from a previous form
$username = $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'];
$passwd = $HTTP_POST_VARS['passwd'];
?>
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
</head>
<frameset rows="*" cols="222,*" framespacing="0" frameborder="NO" border="0">
  <frame src="main_menu.htm" name="menuleft" scrolling="NO" noresize>
  <frame src="member.php" name="menumain">
</frameset>
<noframes><body>
</body></noframes>
</html>

The frame where I need to pass the username and password to is member.php and it is:

<?php
//session_start();
// include function files for this application
require_once('bookmark_fns.php'); 
//create short variable names
//$username = $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'];
//$passwd = $HTTP_POST_VARS['passwd'];
if ($username && $passwd)
// they have just tried logging in
{
    if (login($username, $passwd))
    {
      // if they are in the database register the user id
      $HTTP_SESSION_VARS['valid_user'] = $username;
    }  

    else
    {
      // unsuccessful login
      do_html_header('Problem:');
      echo 'You could not be logged in. 
            You must be logged in to view this page.';
      do_html_url('login.php', 'Login');
      do_html_footer();
      exit;
    }      

}

do_html_header('Home');

//echo "this is a test in member.php to see how far we've got";
//echo $username;
//echo $passwd;

check_valid_user();
// get the bookmarks this user has saved
if ($url_array = get_user_urls($HTTP_SESSION_VARS['valid_user']));
  display_user_urls($url_array);

// give menu of options
display_user_menu();

do_html_footer();
?>

The main frameset definitely gets the username and passwords correctly it's just does not get to the second frame. I've really tried every combination.

I'm a complete novice so please be as descriptive as you can possibly be on the solution.

I think the answer could be in calling the member.php bit and sending the variables attached to this (member.php?$username) well something like that, but again I'm not sure on the syntax and I'm not sure on how to send the two variables or even pick them up in the member.php.

Anyway any help would be gratefully received.

Bill

terfle

You can either pass it through the frameset call (get method) like this:

 <frame src="member.php?username=$username&password=$passwd" name="menumain">

which will have some security issues, or you can create session variables for the username/password combination. Like this, and reference them in member.php.
// member_frameset.php

session_start();
$_SESSION[username] = $HTTP_POST_VARS['username'];
$_SESSION[passwd] = $HTTP_POST_VARS['passwd'];

0tter

OK, I think those look like what I'm looking for, now I really could do with that little bit of help to find out what to put in the second frame member.php to pick up the variables.

In the first non-secure example, I've tried:

$username = $_GET['username'];
$passwd = $_GET['passwd'];

and a few more convoluted combinations that do not seem to work.

And in the second example (the one i'd like to use) i've tried:

$username = $_SESSION['username'];
$passwd = $_SESSION['passwd'];

and a variety of other combinations, again to no avail, am I just being really dumb here, or is it just not working?

Thanks again

Bill

0tter

Thankyou thankyou thankyou

This has solved everything.

You are an absolute saint, i've struggled over this simple (well you've made it look like that) problem for the past three weeks. I was becoming to be a bit down over the whole affair.

You really have been an absolute brick, I can't thank you enough.

Cheers

Bill

🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂

Don't know how to, but could you put this one up as resolved?

terfle

glad to help...

there is a link at the bottom of the page, look for "Mark Thread Resolved (thread starter only)"

0tter

And thanks again for that too.

All my best

Bill