John
Have you checked the setup of your session management? Check the
setting as reflected in the output from a phpinfo() command. for
example, make sure your session storage path is valid etc. (normally
/tmp if you haven't changed it)
Also check how php is set to access variables. (Look at the setting for
register_variables, and check the manual for an explanation of how this
*may* affect you)
Make sure your test browser is set to accept cookies too ... if the
setting in php.ini for session.use_cookies is ON (value 1) then session
data is transported via cookies, blocking these in the browser means the
data doesn't propogate.
TD
On Sat, 2003-07-05 at 20:39, John Fuller wrote:
> Hello all,
> I am new to php in general and am trying to set up a user authentification
> system with mysql. The registration page works well and sends all of the data to
> the appropriate table in mysql. However, when I try to get the registered user to
> log in and start a session, the system will not remember the session information
> past the page. For instance, this page will not work (the one that initially is
> supposed to register the session from the login form):
>
> <?
> session_start();
> $username="chris";
> $database="login";
>
> $login = $_POST['login'];
> $password = $_POST['password'];
> if((!$login) || (!$password)){
> echo "Please enter ALL of the information! <br />";
> include 'login.php';
> exit();
> }
> mysql_connect(localhost,$username);
> @mysql_select_db($database) or die( "Unable to select database");
> $sql=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM login WHERE login='$login' AND
> password='$password'");
> $login_check = mysql_num_rows($sql);
> if($login_check > 0){
> // This is where I register the session
> session_register('login');
> $_SESSION['login'] = $login;
> mysql_close();
> include 'success.php';
> } else {
> echo "You could not be logged in! Either the username and password do not match or
> you have not validated your membership!<br />
> Please try again!<br />";
> include 'login.php';
> }
> ?>
>
> It proceeds to login the user for that page (I know this happens because I have
> played around with it looking at the error checks), but it will not display any
> variable that resembles "$_SESSION['login']".
> The next page sequentially (success.php) looks like this:
>
> <?
> session_start();
> echo 'Successful login for "$_SESSION['login']"';
> ?>
>
> Any and all variations of this page come up blank and white whenever the variable
> $_SESSION['login'] is called to display. It shows no memory of me registering a
> session. Any variation of quotes verse apostrophes changes nothing, so I figure
> that either I am blatantly screwing up the session code (possible for I have never
> written any sessions before) or my system is not supporting sessions. I have a php4
> something, windows, apache 1.3.27 for my home network server, and mysql. Any help
> on this problem would be greatly appreciated.
> Thanks a lot for your time, John
>
>
>
>
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Transoft Computer Consultants
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