Login Error

midgetron

Im trying to create a PHP login page but I keep getting an error on the PHP code side. The code looks like this as it stands -


<?php

$username = $_POST['username'];
$password = $_POST['password'];

// location of page to go to if username and password match
$url = ("readbook.php");

$user_array = array("user0");
$pass_array = array("pass0");
$user_length = count( $user_array );


for ( $i = 0; $i < $user_length; $i++ )
{
    if ( $username == $user_array[$i] && $password == $pass_array[$i] )
    {
        session_start();
        session_register("user");
        session_register("loggedIn");
        $_SESSION['user'] = $username;
        $_SESSION['loggedIn'] = "true";

        header("Location: $url");
    }
}

// nothing became valid while we looped so verification failed
echo '<b>Verification Failed!</b>';

?>

However Im getting this error -

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting '(' in E:\html\readbook.php on line 18

any help with this would be fantastic, thanks!

halojoy

// take away paranthesis like this:
$url = "readbook.php";

// or maybe should be some function?
$url = somefunction("readbook.php");

midgetron

I had previously tried not using the parenthasis but I still get the same error.

line 18 is the session_start(); line Im unsure about where the error is occouring.

halojoy

Well, I do not see any other things about this code.
It should work.

Why use $var = (4);
since when did we have to set paranthesis around
I have not seen it before

// things I have noticed
$url = "readbook.php";

// notice $a="true"; makes it a plain text string 'true'
// while $a=TRUE; makes it a boolean variable (can only be TRUE or FALSE)
// this is what I should use:
$_SESSION['loggedIn'] = TRUE;

session_start();             

session_register("user");            

session_register("loggedIn");             

$_SESSION['user'] = $username;             

$_SESSION['loggedIn'] = "true";

// you should try with double quotes, if makes difference
echo "<b>Verification Failed!</b>";

midgetron

Its working now thanks for your help : D

Weedpacket

So what was the problem? There were no syntax errors in the code you originally posted.