ok, I tried this:
session_start();
if ($user_data = = $database_data) {
$_SESSION['verified_user']=1;
header("Location:http://www.myserver.com/main.php";);
exit;
and it still doesn't work...hehe
anymore suggestions?
Thanks,
Roger
Mike wrote:
> you forgot session_start at the beginning of the login script
>
> On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 12:31, Guru Geek wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm trying to use sessions for the first time.
> >
> > I have a log in script that gets the user to enter their name and
> > password. Then the script compares the entered data to a database. If
> > the entered data matches whats in the database then the user is granted
> > access to the main php script.
> >
> > basically my code in the log in script is this:
> >
> > if ($user_data = = $database_data) {
> > $_SESSION['verified_user']=1;
> > header("Location:http://www.myserver.com/main.php";);
> > exit;
> >
> > The opening code in my main.php script is this:
> > session_start();
> > if ( isset($_SESSION['verified_user'])) {
> > run the whole script
> > }else {
> > return to log in page
> > exit;
> > }
> >
> > Anyone care to clue me in as to why I'm always sent back to the log in
> > page even when the log in is correct?
> >
> > Did I miss the session boat all together? Perhaps I'm not grasping it
> > at all..
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Roger
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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