So, just for the sake of me getting this right, it would be better code if i had the code like this:
<? $UserExists=mysql_query("select * from users where username='$_POST[username]' and pwd=md5($_POST[password])"); //since query is done see if the user exists if($UserExists) { ExistingUserCanDoSomething(); } else { YouCantDoAnythingIfYouDontExist(); } ?> forgive the odd severely long redundant example names but... im sure that is better than what i had before... let me know if i got the right idea... and $UserExists in this example is either true or false because "empty set" in mysql isnt even a number it = NULL echo $UserExists;//prints 0 if false and 1 if true //at least in this instance of it (normally it would return total rows matched) at the point of logins i dont care about the # of rows it will alwas return 0 or 1 so true/false is best for me right now. when i create the user generater then i will need to check for multiple usernames/passwords (2 users cant have the same pwd or id)... anyways...off my box again -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php