PHP Help

adammc

Hi,
I'm having some problems with the script that is running my online job search site.

When a jobseeker applies for a position an email gets sent to the employer containing a link that when clicked takes them to the Jobseekers profile / resume page :

http://www.domainname.com/employers/preview.php?uname=adam

The problem is, that the script requires that you are logged in before being able to view this page. So what happens is it takes you to the login page.

After logging in the script is not remembering the 'uname' variable, its taking them here:

http://www.domainname.com/employers/preview.php

Can anyone help?

jansky

well do you use session() or cookies() in your login??

Weedpacket

You could add a hidden field to the login form that is initialized to contain the page they intended to go to when they were redirected (including the querystring component). Then once you've logged them in, redirect them to that page.

adammc

Here is the current login page they get taken to:

<?php

session_start();
include_once "../configuration.inc.php";
require_once "../connect.php";
include_once "../main-employers.php";

if(!isset($ename) && !isset($epass)) {
  ?>
  <html>
  <head>
  <title> <?=$EMPLOYLOGIN?>  </title>
  </head>
  <body>
<p align="left"><font face='verdana' size='2'><strong><br>
  <?=$EMPLOYLOGIN?></strong></font>
<hr size="1" color=#FF6600></p>

  <p><font face='verdana' size='2'>Please log in to access this area of the site.<br> If you have not yet registered, <a href="employer_registration.php" style="text-decoration:none; color:#000000"><font face='verdana' size='2' color='#000099'><b>click here</b></font></p></font>
  <p>  <center><form method="post" action="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">
<table>
<tr>
	<td><font face='verdana' size='2'><?=$USERNAME1?></font></td>
	<td align=right> <input type="text" name="ename" size="15" ></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td><font face='verdana' size='2'><?=$PASSWORD1?></font></td>
	<td align=right><input type="password" name="epass" SIZE="15" ></td>
</tr>

<tr>
	<td colspan=2 align=right><input type="submit" value="Login"></td>
</tr>

<tr><td colspan=2 align=right> <a class=TN href=forgot.php><font face='verdana' size='1'>Forgot your password?</a></td></tr>

</table>
  </form></p>
  </center>
  </body>
  </html>
  <?php
	include "../footer.php";
  exit;
}



session_register("ename");
session_register("epass");


$sql = "SELECT * FROM job_employer_info WHERE
        ename = '$ename' AND epass = '$epass'";
$result = mysql_query($sql);
if (!$result)
{
  echo "A database error occurred while checking your login details. <br>If this error persists, please <br>contact $contactemail";
}

elseif (mysql_num_rows($result) == 0) {
  session_unregister("ename");
  session_unregister("epass");
  ?>
  <html>
  <head>
  <title><?=$ACCDENIED?> </title>
  </head>
  <body>
  <font face=verdana>
  <h1> <?=$ACCDENIED?> </h1>
  <p>Your user ID or password is incorrect, or you are not a
     registered user on this site.<br><br> To try logging in again, click
     <a href="<?=$PHP_SELF?>">here</a>. <br><br>To register for instant
     access, click <a href="employer_registration.php">here</a>.</p>
  </body>
  </html>
  <?php
	include "../footer.php";
  exit;
}

?>

adammc

Weedpacket wrote:
You could add a hidden field to the login form that is initialized to contain the page they intended to go to when they were redirected (including the querystring component). Then once you've logged them in, redirect them to that page.

I am only a newbie at PHP, how would i do something like this ?