[Resolved] Form Help...How in the world...???

[kashmirekat]

I have this login form in a switch statement:

   if($message==2) 
   { echo "Log-In: 
   <p>
   If you need to register, please visit the <a href=\"main.php?inc=join\">registration page</a>.<p>
   <center><form method=post action=\"validate.php\">
<table width=\"\" border=\"0\"><tr><td><input name=\"username\" type=\"text\" value=\"username\" class=\"user2\"></td>
<td rowspan=\"2\"><input type=\"submit\" name=\"submit\" value=\"LOGIN\" class=\"login2\"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input name=\"password\" type=\"password\" value=\"password\" class=\"user2\"></td></tr></table>
</form></center>
   "; }

Validate.php

if ($submit) {
$dbh=mysql_connect () or die ('I cannot connect to the database.');
mysql_select_db ("db"); 
$result=mysql_query("select * from users where name='$username' && password='$password'") or die ("cant do it");
while ($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
if ($row["password"]==$password && $row["name"]==$username) {
 // Register some session variables! 
        session_register('username'); 
        $_SESSION['username'] = $username;
		session_register('password'); 
        $_SESSION['password'] = $pword;  

		header("Location: $row[url]");

exit();
}
}

The problem I am having is that when I try to include the same exact form into my included menu page, it doesn't work. When I access the menu page itself, it works properly, but if I include it, it stops working. Also, the form that is part of the variable above stops working when I remove the <form> part of the form on my menu included page. I have a headache from trying to figure out why. The form code works properly on it's own and I have tried removing properties from the pages its included in, but it still doesn't work properly.

Any suggestions or answers?
Thanks.

[bradgrafelman]

I have this login form in a switch statement:

That code is not a switch statement.

The problem I am having is that when I try to include the same exact form into my included menu page, it doesn't work.

"Stops working." What does that mean? What happens? What doesn't happen? What error messages do you get?

if ($submit) { 

Is that checking a POST'd element (submitted by a form) ? If so, it shouldn't work, $_POST['submit'] should. If it does work, then register_globals is on which is a very bad idea.

[Weedpacket]

session_register('username'); 
        $_SESSION['username'] = $username; 

Don't do this. If you want to put the value of $username into a session variable you write

$_SESSION['username'] = $username;

session_register() is long obsolete.

Your initial if statement could written more legibly:

if($message==2) 
   {
?>Log-In:
   <p>
   If you need to register, please visit the <a href="main.php?inc=join">registration page</a>.<p>
   <center><form method=post action="validate.php">
<table width="" border="0"><tr><td><input name="username" type="text" value="username" class="user2"></td>
<td rowspan="2"><input type="submit" name="submit" value="LOGIN" class="login2"></td></tr>
<tr><td><input name="password" type="password" value="password" class="user2"></td></tr></table>
</form></center>
<?php
}

And, third, what bradgrafelman said about $_POST (see the Newbies Forum FAQ, question One).

[kashmirekat]

Thanks for all of your replies.

The first if statement was a switch statement, but as I was posting this I was making changes to see if I could narrow the problem.

I did change the $submit to $_POST['submit'] and emailed my host to find out the status of globals. I also removed session_register().

I have it working now. The reason, omg, it was so simple. I had an unclosed form tag from my working search page. So much time and frustration from such a simple problem. Looking back now, of course. Two identical forms on the same page in different locations, one works, one doesn't. Somewhere there's a form problem.

I got a few tips out of it at least.

Thanks again for all your help.
Have a nice day.