Using seesion or cookie

[smartic]

i want to make the user to remind on my site.
how can i do that with session or cookie like in this forum when i check the remember box ?
and how can i secure cookie or session?
what i will store in this cookie or session ex:(User ID or User name and his password)?

[MarkoKlacar]

Hi,

you will probably have to do it with cookies, since sessions are destroyed after a while.

What you have to decide is how long the cookie should be valid, you probably want to store the IP-address and the user name, not a good idea to store the password.

Google up some "best practice" for this kind of scenario.

Hope this helps

[smartic]

I need to enter username into the page when he login how can i do that?

[smartic]

i want to enter the username into the page in this example i explain what i want[PHP]<?php
// valid login credentials
$username = 'admin';
$password = 'admin_pass';
// grab current time
$time=time();

// handle the logout event
if ($_GET['logout'] == true) {
setcookie ("user", md5($_POST[user]), $time-3200);
setcookie ("pass", md5($_POST[pass]), $time-3200);
header("Locatio n: index.php");
}

// handle validation event
if ($_POST[user] && $_POST[pass]) {
if ($_POST[user]==$username && $_POST[pass]==$password) {
setcookie ("user", md5($_POST[user]), $time+3200);
setcookie ("pass", md5($_POST[pass]), $time+3200);
header("Locatio n: index.php");
} else { $login_error= true; }
}

// handle login event, both successful and erroneous, or show login screen
if ($login_error == true) { ?>
<table align=center style="font-family:arial; font-size:12; border:1 solid #000000;">
<tr><td align=center bgcolor=#123dd4 >LOGIN ERROR</td></tr>
<tr><td align=center><b >Invalid Username and/or Password</b><br><br><a href=index.php> Back</a></td></tr>
</table>
<?php
} elseif ($_COOKIE[user] == md5($username) && $_COOKIE[pass] == md5($password)) { ?>
<table align=center style="font-family:arial; font-size:12; border:1 solid #000000;">
<tr><td align=center bgcolor=#123dd4 >SECURE AREA</td></tr>
<tr><td align=right><a href=index.php? logout=true>Log out</a></td></tr>
<tr><td>You have successfully logged in.<br><br>
Username: <b><?php echo "Her i want to right the username"; ?></b><br>
Encrypted Username: <b><?php echo $_COOKIE['user']; ?></b><br>
Encrypted Username: <b><?php echo $_COOKIE['user']; ?></b><br>
</td></tr>
</table>
<?php
} else {
?>
<form action=index.ph p method=post>
<table align=center style="font-family:arial; font-size:12; border:1 solid #000000;">
<tr><td colspan=2 align=center bgcolor=#123dd4 >LOGIN</td></tr>
<tr><td align=right>Use rname: </td><td><input type=text name=user size=15></td></tr>
<tr><td align=right>Pas sword: </td><td><input type=password name=pass size=15></td></tr>
<tr><td align=center colspan=2><inpu t type=submit value=Login></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
}
?> [/PHP]