Row Call Results in No UID

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ProductManager
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Row Call Results in No UID

Post by ProductManager »

I am trying to get a UID stated back based on a query (line 23). The query itself returns a value when I run it in MySQL. If I echo the $sql, it is returning formatted correctly. The row for UID (from line 34) is coming back with an empty result in the page, however. The echo for $myusername is working fine. Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.

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<?php
session_start();
$host="localhost"; // Host name 
$username="user"; // Mysql username 
$password="pass"; // Mysql password 
$db_name="dbname"; // Database name 
$tbl_name="luser"; // Table name
 
// Connect to server and select databse.
mysql_connect("$host", "$username", "$password")or die("cannot connect"); 
mysql_select_db("laborchamp")or die("cannot select DB");
 
// username and password sent from form 
$myusername=$_POST['myusername']; 
$mypassword=$_POST['mypassword'];
 
// To protect MySQL injection (more detail about MySQL injection)
$myusername = stripslashes($myusername);
$mypassword = stripslashes($mypassword);
$myusername = mysql_real_escape_string($myusername);
$mypassword = mysql_real_escape_string($mypassword);
 
$sql="SELECT * FROM $tbl_name WHERE user='$myusername' and password='$mypassword'";
$result=mysql_query($sql);
// Mysql_num_row is counting table row
$count=mysql_num_rows($result);
// If result matched $myusername and $mypassword, table row must be 1 row
if($count==1){
// Register $myusername, $mypassword, $myUID and redirect to file "login_success.php"
$_SESSION['myusername']=$myusername;
$_SESSION['mypassword']=$mypassword;
session_register("myusername");
echo $myusername;
echo $row['UID'];
echo $sql;
//header("location:Login_Success.php");
}
else {
echo "Wrong Username or Password";
}
Last edited by Benjamin on Wed May 13, 2009 1:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: Changed code type from text to php.
crazycoders
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Re: Row Call Results in No UID

Post by crazycoders »

Where do you actually use mysql_fetch_assoc in your code? i see $row['UID'] but i never see something like:

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$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
 
ProductManager
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Re: Row Call Results in No UID

Post by ProductManager »

Thanks - silly mistake.
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