Just to clarify i did not copy the code from someone esle or take someone elses code, yes it was given to us by our lecturers, as most people taking the class have little or no knowledge of php and we are only required to write some of the code- Anwyay thanks for your help. I will ask someone esle....

anyone, able to help please?

thanks for replying,

The = does not fix the problem, it still does the same thing -

Sorry i dont quite understand what you mean by where the code is for username and password. The username and password have been entrered into the table blog_user, i inserted one valid user into the database.

as for the $_SERVER[] superglobal it was given to us like that, what would be the alternative way of implementing...

I have created a blog and have added a login box which prompts the user for login and id before posting- The username and password have been stored in the database, however when i enter the username and pasword it does not seem to compare the values entered with anything. It jus keeps giving the prompt box to enter details. But if i click cancel, then it tels me the incorrect credentials ave been entered i have tried many ways to solve this problem...