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Sessions

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2002 10:36 am
by icesolid
Could someone show me some basic code for a log in using sessions.

Thank you.

Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2002 12:28 pm
by MattF
Here is some code, it can be modified to be on one page or several:

Login Form

<form action="page.php" method="post">
Username: <input type="text" name="username"><br>
Password: <input type="password" name="password"><br>
<input type="submit" value="Login">

Proccess Login

if(mysql_num_rows(mysql_query("SELECT * FROM login_table WHERE username='".$_POST['username']."' AND password = '".$_POST['password']."'")) == 1) {
session_start();
$_SESSION['LOGGED_IN'] = 1;
echo "You are now logged in";
} else {
echo "Invalid username or password";
}

Check if someone is logged in

if($_SESSION['LOGGED_IN']==1) {
echo "You are logged in";
} else {
echo "Please log in";
}