would like any help USER SYSTEM

stormofsilence

Hello I am trying to gain information on how I can create a user area for my website.

I find understanding php very confusing and have bought a php mysql book

Beginning php 5 from novice to professional

but i am finding it too hard going it gets too in depth to fast!
I would like a set of scripts that alow a user to log into my website to access user only areas. I have found a tutorial on this but when I try to apply this to a website which has content or layout tables things get complex. I also start to get script errors.

I have basic (i mean basic) knowlage of db_connect.php.

I know how to set up databases manually in phpMyAdmin ,add rows etc and infomation.

I would like a user area to show the name of the user that is logged in say "Storm" or "Welcome Storm LOGOUT" something like that. I have done this with basic pages but not able to move things.

I would also like infomation like:

Last login

My next big task is taking infomation from a database and printing it to the screen.
I want this so news etc can be updated inside the database not the .php file html etc.

I know this is a lot to ask but if anyone can give me a lits of code snippets that work (please make them work) or a link to a good download of an easily installed and modifiable script set please let me know!

Feel free to access my current website at www.playstrategy.co.uk

From there you should be able to see the kind of system i would like.
Log in on the left and the name at the top.

Hope some masterful person can help me

Simon Bird

suomynonA

I see that you already have a signup.php script that can be further used to connect to a database. You could start with this one, then move to the actual login form as you would anyhow need the database populated. And, by the way, forget about phpMyAdmin as a mean of adding/removing users...it all should be done via script(s).
However, before you start coding you might do a bit more thorough reading on databases (this is a good starting point).
Then you could use an article such as this one.

And one last thing...you might use someone to spellcheck that site. Just an example: on the signup page...it's written "surname", not "sure name".

stormofsilence

yea the spelling mistakes is dreamwaver being dumb ill have a look at the sites tho thanks m8!

Bear with me

Thanks again any more infomation is greatly recived!

Roger_Ramjet

Here are some links to sitepoint articles that you should find very helpfull in getting started with mysql/php. The articles include working code that you can download and use.

Using MYSQL and PHP

Managing user with php sessions

Plan a great client login system

Use the download links to get the extra info and code samples.

stormofsilence

Thanks for the links! Any one interested in giving me a hand is great!

But there is no actual code you get to the end of the webpage and you can have a chapter from the book or you have to buy the book.

I already own a book and finding that hard as it is!

If you have some spare time can you bang me up some links or someting to tutorials with codeing in

Thanks for the help so far!

This is the link I have already used for my template site (the one I cannot change without it all breaking).

Blulagoon

Did you read the link Roger suggested "Managing user with php sessions" ?

I know the link to the zip file of complete code no longer works, but all the code you need to set up an access control system is there in red italics - just begging to be cut n pasted!!

I think its neat, its all done in a single php file which you include on the top of each page on your site.

Blu