[RESOLVED] Log in greeting

[zenix]

Hi, I have taken all the pages I have assembled and have uploaded them to my web server. I've learned a lot! Thank you everyone that has assisted me.

I'd like to have a log in form, which I have put together (and it even works!), and on the next page have a greeting for the user using their name. I have studied the php manual and came up with this:

 //Print a greeting
print '<div id="leftcontent">
<h1> Welcome to Zenix on the web, ' . ucfirst($_SESSION['username']) . '!</h1>';     

When I test it, in place of my user name I get a string of numbers: 1229636075. These numbers don't exist anywhere in my coding so of course I have no idea where they are coming from. If someone could help me a little I would really appreciate it.

[kkobashi]

The output of the $_SESSION['username'] variable is bogus data.

Read this:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.session-start.php

and this:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/session.examples.php

[Kerant]

Once the log in credentials have been verified, you should set a session for the user using the username they used to log in with. For example:

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

That code basically sets a session, and places the username into that session.

On the next page (where you want the greeting message), you would have to grab the username from that session and display it. For example:

$username = $_SESSION['username'];

echo "Welcome back, $username!";

[zenix]

Thanks a LOT!! I really appreciate your guidance!