On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Ben Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Figured there had to be an easier way. Thank you so much.
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From: Simcha Younger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2008 2:48 PM
To: php-db@lists.php.net
Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Date
I have built an application where users have to log in (the user data is
stored in MySQL). I have 3 levels of rights for users; 1-normal rights,
2-admin rights, and 3-super user rights. When a user logs in, I set the
$_SESSION['rights'] variable accordingly so I can reference it thru out the
site.
If it changes the value of $_SESSION['rights'], then how come
if ($_SESSION['rights'] != super)
on line 14 doesn't exit()? Or does that happen when you hit refresh
the second time? Or does the user it changes to also have 'super'
rights?
Why use extract()? Try commenting it out... apart from it
Why use extract()? Try commenting it out... apart from it being
If you use 'register globals' there's a good chance that a variable
$rights exists because it's a key in your $_SESSION array (don't shoot
me if I'm wrong, I've never worked with 'register globals'). By using
extract() without the
Thanks for your thoughts. To answer your first question, I'm using extract()
because this is a page where admins and super users can edit the permissions
of others for the site. Therefore, I have to query the database to create a
listing of all users, and then have the admin/super user select one
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Darron Butler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thanks for your thoughts. To answer your first question, I'm using
extract()
because this is a page where admins and super users can edit the
permissions
of others for the site. Therefore, I have to query the database to
There's your answer. With register_globals on $_SESSION['rights']
becomes $rights and when you do extract($row) you are overwritting the
$_SESSION variable. A safer way of using your code would be:
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result1, MYSQL_ASSOC))
{
?
option
Thanks! In fact I just updated my code to your exact example below and it
works! Its a good thing you all fixed this for me...I have very few hairs
left! Thanks again everyone...drb
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Micah Gersten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There's your answer. With
