Here's the way I do it . I started using a cookie, but switched to session
as I wanted the authentication to expire when the user closed the browser.
The UserLogin function is in User_login.php. FetchUsrData checks the names
and password against the database and returns either 1 (true) or 0 (f
you need to use sessions and register the user's session name, and save it
to the db against their account, then you can check that the session still
exists and that will say they are logged in still.
have a look at the session management functions in the manual (only in
php4+)
HTH
Beau
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