Undefined index: access

[flowergal]

Hi, im a newbie to php. I need to configure and run my system on xampp platform. This system was developed by my friend but i dont know how to configure it. Im using windows xp. When i try to login to the admin page, im getting the following errors.

Errors:-
Undefined index: access in C:\xampp\htdocs\CourseMS2_2_1\includes\header.php on line 27
Undefined variable: user in C:\xampp\htdocs\CourseMS2_2_1\includes\header.php on line 37
Trying to get property of non-object in C:\xampp\htdocs\CourseMS2_2_1\includes\header.php on line 37
Undefined index: access in C:\xampp\htdocs\CourseMS2_2_1\includes\header.php on line 37

My coding:-

i took this from config.php under C:\xampp\htdocs\CourseMS2_2_1\admin

<?
//Database configuration
   define('DB_NAME', 'coursems');
   define('DB_USER', 'root');
   define('DB_PASS', '');
   define('DB_HOST', 'localhost');
   define('USE_PCONNECT', 'false');

//CourseMS Paths
   define('HTTP_SERVER', 'http://localhost/CourseMS2_2_1/');
   define('HTTP_PATH', '');
   define('EXPORT_PATH', '/exports/');
   define('REL_EXPORT_PATH', 'exports/');
// PHPESP database configuration

   define('ESP_DB_NAME', 'book1');
   define('ESP_DB_USER', 'root');
   define('ESP_DB_PASS', '');
   define('ESP_DB_HOST', 'localhost');
   //phpESP paths

   define('PHPESP_PATH', '/web/htdocs/course/public/handler.php');
   define('PHPESP_APP', 'http://localhost/esp/');
   //Google Map Key file

   define('GOOGLE_MAP_KEY', '');
   //Email settings

   define('FROM', '[e-mail]');
   define('SIGNATURE', 'CourseMS Support Team');
   define('RANDOM_STRING', 'bob');

   // Site Configuration Settings

   define('TABLE_WIDTH', '100%'); 
   define('SEC_TABLE_WIDTH', '90%'); 
   define('JOB_REQUIREMENTS', 'false');

   // Requirement Levels

   define('LEVEL1_NAME', 'Jobs');
   define('LEVEL2_NAME', 'Specialties');
   define('LEVEL3_NAME', 'Bands');
   define('LEVEL1_REQUIRED', 'true');
   define('LEVEL2_REQUIRED', 'true');
   define('LEVEL3_REQUIRED', 'true');

   include('../site_config.php');
?>

Since im new to php, I dont know how to fix my codes to run the system. I need to resolve this asap bcoz i need to show my system to my college tutor. Please help me. thanks.

[bradgrafelman]

Welcome to PHPBuilder! When posting PHP code, please use the board's [noparse]

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[/noparse] bbcode tags as they make your code much easier to read and analyze.

As for the error messages... I'm confused why you showed us the code from "config.php" when the error messages never indicate a problem in that file? Furthermore, you never show us the lines of code that actually are referenced in the error message.

Based on the error messages, however, my guess is that the PHP code was poorly written in that it attempts to access external data without first verifying that it exists (e.g. using [man]isset/man or [man]empty/man).