On Mon, 12 Nov 2001, Joe Van Meer wrote:
> Thx Christopher for replying. Ok, let me see if I understand you
> correctly...
>
> The user enters username and password on index.php, this is posted to
> login.php. On login.php after I verify the user is who he/she says they are
> I set a cookie called "accessedbefore" to "yes" and redirect them to the
Exactly.
> main page. Am I allowed to set a cookie and redirect them after determining
> who the user is? How would I redirect them after setting the cookie? Header
You can set a cookie any time before any standard output is sent to the
browser (and before you send a new Location header).
Your login.php can look something like this (with pseudo-ish code) ...
<?php
$input_ok = validate_user_input( $username, $password );
if( $input_ok ){
$user_ok = authenticate_user( $username, $password );
if( $user_ok ){
setcookie( "myuser", "ok", time()+7200, "/" );
header( "Location: congratulations.html" );
} else {
header( "Location: go_away.html" );
}
} else {
header( "Location: go_away.html" );
}
?>
~Chris /"\
\ / September 11, 2001
X We Are All New Yorkers
/ \ rm -rf /bin/laden
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