need help please

skafreak121

i am quite new to the world of php and the world of programming in general.

i have been working with php for the last couple of days trying to creat a login page which works now, but the page i'm directing it to keeps saying that i dont have access to it. please help.

here is the code

<?php
session_start();
$SESSION['username']=$POST['user'];
$SESSION['userpass']=$POST['pass'];
$_SESSION['authuser']=0;

if (($_SESSION['username']== 'Joe') AND
       ($_SESSION['userpass']== '12345'))
{
$_SESSION['authuser']=1;
}

else
{
echo "Sorry, you dont have permission to view this page!";
exit();
}

<html>
<head>
<title>Find my Favorite Movie!</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$myfavmovie=urlencode("Life of Brian");
echo "<a href='http://localhost/moviesite.php?favmovie=$myfavmovie'>";
echo "Click here to see information about my favorite movie!";
echo "</a>";
?>
</body>
</html>

as you can see it isnt very long, but for the life of me i cant figure out wy i still get the "sorry, you dont have permission to view this page!" line.

drew010

i just tested it out and it worked fine for me. make sure your field names in the form are user and pass, your php version is greater than 4.1.0 and your session configuration is setup ok in php.ini.

skafreak121

im using the most current version of php.
this is the form

<?php
session_unset();
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Please Log in</title>
</head>

<body>
<form method="post" action="http://localhost/movie1.php">
<p>Enter your username:
<input type="text" name "user">
</p>
<p>Enter your password:
<input type="text" name "pass">
</p>
<p>
<input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit">
</p>
</form>
</body>
</html>

i guess the only thing left if the php.ini file....

.....any help there?

drew010

hm, make sure that session.save_path is set and writable by php, try turning session.use_trans_sid on, and make sure session.use_only_cookies is off

skafreak121

you have been so helpful, thank you

i turned session.use_trans_sid on, and maked sure session.use_only_cookies is off

do i set this "session.save_path is set and writable by php" in the php.ini file and is there any way you cold give me some sort of example as to what it looks like?

drew010

its a directory. could be your temp dir like C:/windows/temp or something like that. even C:/phppath/tmp to keep it all together.

Trs2988

I could be wrong, but shouldn't these lines:

 <p>Enter your username:
<input type="text" name "user">
</p>
<p>Enter your password:
<input type="text" name "pass">

Be like this instead:

 <p>Enter your username:
<input type="text" [B]name="user"[/B]>
</p>
<p>Enter your password:
<input type="text" [B]name="pass"[/B]>

That could cause some problems.

drew010

heh good catch, i didnt see that

skafreak121

doh!!!!!! i cant believe i missed that, and on something so short......great.

thanks for the help guys, ill see if that makes a difference.