Session

[nathanwb]

I dont think I am doing this correctly. Sorry I am a newby..

I can get it to login and display the username, but if you leave the page and come back to it.. it wont show the username again of the person who just loged in. I dont think the cookie is being set correctly.


Here is the code that I am using...

[php]

if ($mode == 'login')
{
post('un,up');
$unn = mysql_escape_st ring($un);
$upp = mysql_escape_st ring($up);
$qc = mysql_query("SE LECT * FROM `instructors` WHERE `username` = '$unn' AND `password` = '$upp' AND `isadmin`='1'") ; if (mysql_num_rows ($qc) > 0)

{

$rc = mysql_fetch_ass oc($qc);
extract($rc);
$logged = 1;
session_registe r('logged');
$_SESSION['logged'] = $id;
session_registe r('MyID');
$_SESSION['MyID'] = $id;
$mode = '';
}

else $error = "<span class='text'><f ont color=red>Incor rect login information</font></span>";
}



if (!isset($_SESSI ON['logged']))
{
include ("navtop.php ");
include ("nav.php");


echo "
[/php]

Thanks

[ronverdonk]

Your code does not contain any echo of the username, so?

Ronald

[realin]

and do we really need to use session_registe r() ??

[ronverdonk]

and do we really need to use session_registe r() ??

No you do not. Don't use it, use $_SESSION and do not forget to start every script using $_SESSION with session_start() .

Let me show some thoughts from the php documentation on this.

If your script uses session_registe r(), it will not work in environments where the PHP directive register_global s is disabled.

If you are using $_SESSION (or $HTTP_SESSION_V ARS), do not use session_registe r.

Ronald

[realin]

No you do not. Don't use it, use $_SESSION and do not forget to start every script using $_SESSION with session_start() .

Let me show some thoughts from the php documentation on this.Ronald

yup, this is what i have been thinkin, cause session_registe r() was a way old thing, but i din know the above mentioned fact about registering globals, thanks Ronald, you always add up my knowledge base :)

[ronverdonk]

So what has the OP, nathanwb, to say about this? Any solution in sight?

Ronald

[nathanwb]

Sorry for the delay in responding.. I went to books a million and got a book :)

I have solved the issue, thanks for the imput though.

[TheServant]

Sorry for the delay in responding.. I went to books a million and got a book :)

I have solved the issue, thanks for the imput though.

Was it including session_start() ?

[ronverdonk]

Sorry for the delay in responding.. I went to books a million and got a book :)

I have solved the issue, thanks for the imput though.

Please share ýour solution with us, so we can learn from it.

Ronald