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Ah i got you, i got it to work , i forgot the step of adding if (isset($_GET['success']) === true && empty($_GET['success']) === true) thanks mac_gyver that was very helpful.

hey mac_gyver, thanks for the reply but, i dont think you understood my problem exactly, or maybe im just not quite getting what your trying to say. Yes i am aware of this thats why i am checking to get to that landing page. i was assuming once submitted instead of getting "ok" like i was originally getting , i would now be getting recover.php?success , instead i am being redirected to the homepage, which means my first if is failing. if the first if() statement is false , then why i am returning "ok" when i submit a correct email ? your post did not seem to address this issue. if the conditional is passing with the correct email ( email is found in db ) , then why is it that as soon as i change the output to redirect using header() the entire conditional becomes false ? that doesnt make sense to me. my code is doing exactly what i want it do as long as there is not 2 header() functions declared , yes. but, as i stated as soon as the second header comes into play to send the user to the recover.php?success , no it does not do what i want. i guess thats why i am here asking for suggestions .

Hey there guys, I am trying to create a forgotten password / username file named recover.php on this page a user will be able to validate his email to see if it exists and if so will send the information to that users registered email in the database. simple enough except i have a confusing issue with having multiple header redirects it seems. MY CODE: <?php ob_start(); include('include/init.php'); logged_in_redirect(); include('include/header.php'); ?> <h1><span>Forgot your username / password ? </span></h1> <p>In just a couple easy steps, we can recover your info and get you back on your way in no time ! <span style="color:#FF0000">( * All Fields are required )</span></p> <? $mode_allowed = array('username','password'); if(isset($_GET['mode']) === true && in_array($_GET['mode'], $mode_allowed) === true) { if(isset($_POST['forgot_email']) === true && empty($_POST['forgot_email']) === false ){ if(email_exists($_POST['forgot_email']) === true) { echo 'ok'; // <----- HERE I WANT TO REPLACE WITH A FUNCTION CALLED RECOVER(); && HEADER(); /* recover($_GET['mode'], $_POST['forgot_email']); header('Location: recover.php?success'); <---- REPLACE "ok" with THIS CODE exit(); */ } else { echo '<p>We could not find this email in our database ! Are you sure you got the right email ?</p>'; } } ?> // FORM BEGINS FOR USER TO SUBMIT THEIR EMAIL FOR VALIDATION <div class="recover_user_info"> <div id="change_password" style="float:left;"> <table style="margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"> <form name="forgot_data" action="" method="post"> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Please enter your email here:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="email" name="forgot_email" size="60" maxlength="60" value=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td> <td class="extra_data" colspan="2"></td> </tr> <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"><input class="register-button" type="submit" name="forgot_userdata_button" value="Recover my info"></td></tr> </tbody></table></form> </div> </div> <? } else { die('Utter confusion ensues'); //<--- MAIN REDIRECT FROM ISSET CONDITIONAL.. REPLACE die('utter confusion ensues'); WITH header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } ISSUE: when i click submit without any of the header() in place i get an output of "ok" , which is exactly what i want. now when i place the extra code as shown above in the // brackets , the conditional fails and i get the die('utter confusion') when i add just the main header redirect to send a user back to index for not having a the correctly defined "$data_mode" , the code still works. its when i add the second header(), for when the form is being submitted and redirecting to recover.php?success that it wont function correctly. mind you, i have not even inserted the function of recover(); i was commenting it out, just to get the redirect to the success. anytime i click submit with both header() functions declared i get sent back to the index.php or die('utter confusion ensues'); any suggestions as to why this is happening ? i really cant figure out why the conditional passes if no header is the output , yet when the header is present to be outputted , the entire conditional fails.

Sure, i have a user who is accessing their "profile settings" in this profile settings they can change or update their profile data (the original fields they filed out when registering) now, i have a form that the user can submit , when they submit this form the form will go through some conditionals, then will go to a function , and call for an UPDATE query for sql. i have set the form to bring a "default value" by inserting php code inside the value=" " of an html form. as i show above in the OP , email field. what i want to know is, simply, how can i add the same "default" values to non-text inputs ? such as Select, radio , and button option ?

Hey guys, As you can see i have a form im trying to use for a user to change or update their profile settings. i know in using php / mysql you can set the default value in the forms for say names and email and what not. is there a way to do that for check boxes and buttons ? if you see my form below, i have added in the php logic for the first code. i just am confused as to a way to set all the fields to having a default. i figure this is the easiest way to not have to write a whole bunch of conditionals to make sure if a person doesnt input a value in the update fields, it will just make the field in the database blank as well. i figure i rather have them just re-input the data back that will just show up as the default anyway. thanks guys <tbody><tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Email Address:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="email" name="update_email" size="35" maxlength="50" value="<? echo $user_data['email']; ?>"></td> // HERE I ADDED PHP, TO GRAB FROM MYSQL </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Gender:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"> <input id="male" name="gender" type="radio" value="m"><label for="male"> Male</label> <input id="female" name="gender" type="radio" value="f"><label for="female"> Female</label> </td> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Date of Birth:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><select name="month" id="month" style="width:100px"><option value="">---</option><option value="1">January</option><option value="2">February</option><option value="3">March</option><option value="4">April</option><option value="5">May</option><option value="6">June</option><option value="7">July</option><option value="8">August</option><option value="9">September</option><option value="10">October</option><option value="11">November</option><option value="12">December</option></select><select name="date" id="date" style="width:45px"><option value="">---</option><option value="1">1</option><option value="2">2</option><option value="3">3</option><option value="4">4</option><option value="5">5</option><option value="6">6</option><option value="7">7</option><option value="8">8</option><option value="9">9</option><option value="10">10</option><option value="11">11</option><option value="12">12</option><option value="13">13</option><option value="14">14</option><option value="15">15</option><option value="16">16</option><option value="17">17</option><option value="18">18</option><option value="19">19</option><option value="20">20</option><option value="21">21</option><option value="22">22</option><option value="23">23</option><option value="24">24</option><option value="25">25</option><option value="26">26</option><option 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so david, i figured out the reason why the query is not working and why this whole time i am having such a difficult time as you mentioned there was a good possibility that there was a space or extra character in the field. this was the exact issue , that when the email is being inserted it has a space in the field first. so when typing the sql query email = $email i simply had to put a space infront of the variable email. now how can i escape that space from being inserted ?

Hey DavidAM, thanks again for the reply. regarding the query returning false . all i meant was when var_dump(return (mysql_result($results, 0) == 1) ? true : false;) it would always return false unlike the passing conditionals i have for username which would return true and give an error. this is how i figured the query was an issue before i read your previous post. now regarding your two sql querier: SELECT CONCAT('|', email, '|') AS emailD FROM users WHERE email like '%justin%' or this SELECT CONCAT('|', email, '|') AS emailD FROM users i just dont understand what your getting at with this ? in myphpadmin these queries all work , but so does SELECT COUNT( `user_id` ) FROM `users` WHERE email LIKE '%justin%'.. i just cant get that passing variable which is being sanitized wont match up .. thanks for the patience btw..

Hey David, that was an awesome post, and very helpful. before i go ahead and spend time on going over this .. i just wanted to add ..after hours on end debugging this code to see why this is not working as a function i found the problem , being that the query (" SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `email` = '$email' "); is always returning a false bool , due to the reason that the COUNT() is returning 0 every time it queries. this is not making any sense as to why this is happening. EDIT: just wanted to add the results of the code i added thanks to DavidAM as i suspected the results are the same as what i feared. Query: SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `email` = '[email protected]' Query Says Count is 0 Array ( ) // = $errors() i played around with my SQL to see if the field of email was having issues. but when i do count() for the email without the variable it counts correctly although i am very happy to find the core problem of the issue. it just makes me scratch my head as to why the query result is 0 for every email registered. the data field is labeled correctly and the names in the field are correct. when i echo the query it returns correct SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `email` = '[email protected]' unlike for the users function where it returns the correct count for a user found.

thank you sir for your suggestion debugging is definitely something i want to get better at , and i know is crucial in solving my own issues without having to rely on other people. i think this will come with more exp, and gaining more of a grasp of the logic. its not only understanding what you want to do with code but what it is your actually doing. anyway, i will give that a shot and hopefully i can find a better path at finding the solution. any other suggestions are still very welcome.

Hey Guys, i just wanted to bump this since the issue is not solved, and is continually giving me problems. so i have a very simple function called email_exists(); function email_exists($email) { $email = sanitize($email); return (mysql_result(mysql_query("SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `email` = '$email'"), 0 ) == 1) ? true : false; now the query has been checked and is returned ok. i then get to the register page: if (empty($errors) === true) { if (user_exists($_POST['register_username']) === true) { $errors[] = 'Sorry, the username \'' . $_POST['register_username'] . '\' has already been taken. Please choose another username.'; } if (preg_match("/\\s/", $_POST['register_username']) == true) { $errors[] = 'Sorry your username must not contain any spaces!'; } if (strlen($_POST['password']) < 6 ){ $errors[] = 'Your Password must be a minimal 6 characters long'; } if ($_POST['password'] !== $_POST['confirm_pass']) { $errors[] = 'Your Passwords do not match, please make sure both passwords are the same!'; } if (filter_var($_POST['register_email'], FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL) === false) { $errors[] = 'A valid email adress is required'; } if(email_exists($_POST['register_email']) === true){ // THIS CONDITIONAL DOES NOT PASS $errors[] = 'The email you provided is already in use. If you are having trouble remembering your user info click <a href="#">here</a>'; } } } print_r($errors); print_r($_POST['reigster_email']); Now when i print both these things out, no error is showing , when i use the same email that already exists in the database. Yet, the variable of the $_POST shows the email being passed correctly. The reason as to why i am so utterly confused is that , i have an exact duplicate function that checks if an username is already taken. function user_exists($username) { $username = sanitize($username); $query = (" SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '$username' "); $results = mysql_query($query); if(mysql_error()) { echo 'MySQL Error: '. mysql_error() .'<br>'; echo 'Query: '.$query; } else if(!mysql_num_rows($results)) { //### row has not been returned } else { //### row has been returned } return (mysql_result($results, 0) == 1) ? true : false; } same logic different variables. this passes with no problems and everything works fine. i am beyond frustrated at this point. and my lack of programming knowledge and php knowledge is somewhat handicapping me with a solution from the forums. any help or suggestions... better yet a solution would be GREATLY appreciated. thanks guys

Hey David thanks for the reply, i did change the conditional after to make sure the new function name was declared. in all honesty the new function you speak of , was not really my self created function , it was just another suggestion someone else had made. im more curious as to why my first function email_exists(); is failing , while the exact function is working for the another validation function called user_exists();. To me it would just mean that my variables im passing inside the function are not passing, yet this is not the case. if you have more suggestions as to why the first function is failing, that would be of more value to me , although i appreciate all feedback. thanks again

just wanted to bump this up ... i am still struggling to find an answer .. i do realize i added $username in the function above ... i have changed that to $email = sanitize($email); still no luck i have also changed the function to the following: function DoesEmailExist($email) { $query = 'SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `username` = ' . "'" . mysql_real_escape_string($email) . '"'; if (!$rs = mysql_query($query)) { return -1; //cannot run query to check email } else { if (!$numRows = mysql_num_rows($rs)) { return -2; //cannot check the number rows in result set } else { return ($numRows == 0) ? false : true; } } } Any php gurus out there want to take a look and give a helpful hand ? i really do appreciate any help .

Hey freaks, i have been working on a log in / register system for a couple days now, and i am in the process of finalizing my end users activation of a newly registered account. I was having no real issues until now, to where i am utterly confused as to why i am having such a core problem. So for the first part i had a user register, and wanted to make sure the user is not already entering an email that already exists in my Database. if (email_exists($_POST['register_email']) === true) { $errors[] = 'The email you provided is already in use. If you are having trouble remembering your user info click <a href="#">here</a>'; } the error goes to an errors array i have setup with all the errors that would display to the end user if any occur. the email_exists() is the following : function email_exists($email) { $username = sanitize($email); $query = (" SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `email` = '$email' "); $results = mysql_query($query); if(mysql_error()) { echo 'MySQL Error: '. mysql_error() .'<br>'; echo 'Query: '.$query; } else if(!mysql_num_rows($results)) { //### row has not been returned } else { //### row has been returned } return (mysql_result($results, 0) == 1) ? true : false; } Now everything in the function calls correctly, and as you see in the error check, row will be returned. Yet, as you see in my IF statement in the error check above, nothing is being returned with the variable i am inputting ( yet the other IF statement all seem to work with the same variable $_POST) now this i figured was the problem to my MAIN and number one issue. Getting my user activation working. if(isset($_GET['success']) === true && empty($_GET['success']) === true){ ?> <h2> Thank you, your account has been activated</h2> <h3> You can now log in and access the site and join the disscussions in out forum !</h3> <? } else if (isset($_GET['email'], $_GET['email_code']) === true){ $email = trim($_GET['email']); $email_code = trim($_GET['email_code']); if (email_exists($email) === false ){ $errors[] = ' We have a problem, we couldn\'t find that email address !'; // THIS IS THE ERROR GIVEN TO USER } else if (activate($email, $email_code) === false) { $errors[] = ' We had a problem activating your account '; } if(empty($errors) === false){ ?> <h2>Oops...</h2> <? echo output_errors($errors); } else { header('Location: activate.php?success'); exit(); } } else { header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } Now above i have highlighted what conditional is passed, when a end user click on the return link to activate their account. as i mentioned above , i know its the email_exists function, since not only does that conditional fail . in database i can create multiple users with the same email. Please guys any help would be greatly appreciated. I am a PHP / Programming noob , but i am trying my best to debug and catch my issues. i just cant figure this one out on my own .

Hey guys, I am currently trying to finalize my registration page, and i am have some issues with the header() function. i know there are certain rules like no html can be above the header. and what not but i am fairly new to this and can figure out why i am outputting an error. my code is : <?if (isset($_GET['success']) && empty($_GET['success'])) { echo '<h1> Thank you for your registration </h1>'; } else { if (empty($_POST) === false && empty($errors) === true ) { $register_data = array( 'email' => $_POST['register_email'], 'username' => $_POST['register_username'], 'password' => $_POST['password'], 'gender' => $_POST['gender'], 'month' => $_POST['month'], 'date' => $_POST['date'], 'year' => $_POST['year'], 'country' => $_POST['country'], ); user_register($register_data); header('Location: register.php?success'); exit(); } else if ( empty($errors) === false) { echo '<div class="register_errors">'; echo '<span style="color:red"><h3>'; echo output_errors($errors); echo '</h3></span>'; echo '</div>'; } } ?> All of the code works for me until i try to send send the message. The error i get is the following : it directs me to my header.php file <!DOCTYPE html> <div> <head> <title></title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="author" content="#"> <meta name="keywords" content="#"> <meta name="description" content="#"> <meta name="robots" content="#"> <meta name="revisit-after" content="7 days"> <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="css/normalize.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="jscript/sidebar.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="jscript/mootools.js"></script> <body> <div class="top"> Any suggestions ? cant seem to figure this one out

Hey Guys, so i think i figured out the problem and the solution in my form : <form name="register" action="register.php" method="post"></form> i ended up closing the form before the fields . i then changed it to close the form at the end of the fields: <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"><input class="register-button" type="submit" name="register" value="Register my FREE account"></td></tr> </tbody></table></form> this seem to do the trick . i now can view the entire array being posted with the Print_R and <pre> tags thanks for the help though PR, much appreciated

i understand the logic for what your saying about the postion of the php code. all i was stating was that the code should still output the POST onto the page regardless of the position( to my understanding) anyway, i dd what you suggested and placed it in between the init and header. i then created this code : if (empty($_POST) === false) { echo '<pre>'; print_r($_POST); echo '</pre>'; } i then refreshed and clicked on the submit button to get the action . and nothing was outputted . i just cant seem to figure out why this is happening

init.php session_start(); error_reporting(E_ALL | E_STRICT); ini_set("display_errors", 1); require ('core/database/dbconnect.php'); require ('core/functions/general.php'); require ('core/functions/users.php'); require 'core/queries/dbqueries.php'; if (logged_in() === true) { $session_user_id = $_SESSION['user_id']; $user_data = user_data($session_user_id, 'user_id', 'username', 'password', 'first_name', 'last_name', 'email'); if (user_active($user_data['username']) === false){ session_destroy(); header('Location: index.php'); exit(); } } $errors = array(); header.php <!DOCTYPE html> <div> <head> <title>TITLE</title> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name="author" content="#"> <meta name="keywords" content="#"> <meta name="description" content="#"> <meta name="robots" content="#"> <meta name="revisit-after" content="7 days"> <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <link href="css/normalize.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css"> <script type="text/javascript" src="jscript/sidebar.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="jscript/mootools.js"></script> <body> <!--<div id="fb-root"></div> // LOG IN USING FACEBOOK <script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/all.js#xfbml=1&appId="#"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));</script> <div style="width:1000px; margin:auto;"> </div> --> <div class="top"> <?php // include('include/socialmedia.php'); // this is just a bunch of iframes for social media like us tabs. ok so the problem is fairly simple, when i click submit on my form . it should echo form submitted with the conditional applied. except when i click submit , nothing seems to happen when i change my conditional to TRUE , my echo statement prints to the screen no problem . so my conditional of if (empty($_POST) === false) does not seem to be doing the trick . but as i stated before, it did work very briefly the first time i attempted to submit. any ides /?

hey PR, currently i am setup as so:( in my init.php ) error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set("display_errors", 1); im guessing this is correct right ? or am i not addressing this correctly ? i see in you link i am missing a E_STRICT .. is that of much importance ??

I tried your suggestion of changing the placement of the conditional , unfortunately that did not help. Whats weird is that this worked very briefly once ( conditional BETWEEN header.php and main content div) and i thought perfect it worked. i changed the message and now i cant seem to figure out why .. i have my errors showing all right now since I'm in production mode at the moment. i am more than 100 percent positive that what you suggested might of not been the issue that stopping this from printing . any other suggestions ? ( i tried clearing my cache, thinking something as simple as this was the problem) this is a big pain in the butt , since its not really letting me move forward with my registration page

Hey PaulRyan, thanks for the suggestion as usual. I tried using what you suggested as the conditional , yet i am still outputting nothing when running the page. can you explain as to what <?PHP if($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST') { // Do stuff } ?> is doing as appose to what i had stated ?

Hey Guys, Im trying to create a registration page, that will have some validations and then register my user into my DB. I am fairly new to this and i am following a tutorial. long story short i created my own custom registration form and now i want to POST to it after i click the submit button. as you will see below : my action is set to register.php ( which is the page you see right now ); and my method is set to "POST"; <?php include('include/init.php'); include('include/header.php'); if (empty($_POST) === false) { echo 'Form submitted!'; } ?> <div style="width: auto; height: 5px;"></div> <div class="mainContent"> <h1>Create an Account</h1> <p>It's free, easy and it'll give you access to all the features of our webstie including <a href="#">forum</a> access. To join the club, just fill out the basic account info below! <span style="color:#FF0000">(All fields required)</span></p> <div id="login_right_register" style="float:left;"> <table style="margin-left:10px; margin-top:10px; margin-bottom:10px;"> <form name="register" action="register.php" method="post"></form> <tbody><tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Email Address:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="email" name="register_email" size="35" maxlength="50" value=""></td> </tr> <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data" colspan="2"><font color="#FFCC00" style="background-color:#000000; text-decoration:blink;"><b> Validation Required </b></font></td></tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Username:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="text" name="register_username" size="35" maxlength="15" value=""></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td> <td class="extra_data" colspan="2">Your username can only contain letters A-Z or numbers 0-9</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Password:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="password" name="password" size="35" maxlength="15" class="password"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Confirm Pass:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><input type="password" name="confirm_pass" size="35" maxlength="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Gender:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"> <input id="male" name="gender" type="radio" value="m"><label for="male"> Male</label> <input id="female" name="gender" type="radio" value="f"><label for="female"> Female</label> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"><span class="">Date of Birth:</span></td> <td class="register_td_right" colspan="2"><select name="month" id="month" style="width:100px"><option value="">---</option><option value="1">January</option><option value="2">February</option><option value="3">March</option><option value="4">April</option><option value="5">May</option><option value="6">June</option><option value="7">July</option><option value="8">August</option><option value="9">September</option><option value="10">October</option><option value="11">November</option><option value="12">December</option></select><select name="day" id="day" style="width:45px"><option value="">---</option><option value="1">1</option><option value="2">2</option><option value="3">3</option><option value="4">4</option><option value="5">5</option><option value="6">6</option><option value="7">7</option><option value="8">8</option><option value="9">9</option><option value="10">10</option><option value="11">11</option><option value="12">12</option><option value="13">13</option><option value="14">14</option><option value="15">15</option><option value="16">16</option><option value="17">17</option><option value="18">18</option><option value="19">19</option><option value="20">20</option><option value="21">21</option><option value="22">22</option><option value="23">23</option><option value="24">24</option><option value="25">25</option><option value="26">26</option><option value="27">27</option><option value="28">28</option><option value="29">29</option><option value="30">30</option><option value="31">31</option></select><select name="reg-year" id="reg-year" style="width:60px"><option value="">---</option><option value="2016">2016</option><option value="2015">2015</option><option value="2014">2014</option><option value="2013">2013</option><option value="2012">2012</option><option value="2011">2011</option><option value="2010">2010</option><option value="2009">2009</option><option value="2008">2008</option><option value="2007">2007</option><option value="2006">2006</option><option value="2005">2005</option><option value="2004">2004</option><option value="2003">2003</option><option value="2002">2002</option><option value="2001">2001</option><option value="2000">2000</option><option value="1999">1999</option><option value="1998">1998</option><option value="1997">1997</option><option value="1996">1996</option><option value="1995">1995</option><option value="1994">1994</option><option value="1993">1993</option><option value="1992">1992</option><option value="1991">1991</option><option value="1990">1990</option><option value="1989">1989</option><option value="1988">1988</option><option value="1987">1987</option><option value="1986">1986</option><option value="1985">1985</option><option value="1984">1984</option><option value="1983">1983</option><option value="1982">1982</option><option value="1981">1981</option><option value="1980">1980</option><option value="1979">1979</option><option value="1978">1978</option><option value="1977">1977</option><option value="1976">1976</option><option value="1975">1975</option><option value="1974">1974</option><option value="1973">1973</option><option value="1972">1972</option><option value="1971">1971</option><option value="1970">1970</option><option value="1969">1969</option><option value="1968">1968</option><option value="1967">1967</option><option value="1966">1966</option><option value="1965">1965</option><option value="1964">1964</option><option value="1963">1963</option><option value="1962">1962</option><option value="1961">1961</option><option value="1960">1960</option><option value="1959">1959</option><option value="1958">1958</option><option value="1957">1957</option><option value="1956">1956</option><option value="1955">1955</option><option value="1954">1954</option><option value="1953">1953</option><option value="1952">1952</option><option value="1951">1951</option><option value="1950">1950</option><option value="1949">1949</option><option value="1948">1948</option><option value="1947">1947</option><option value="1946">1946</option><option value="1945">1945</option><option value="1944">1944</option><option value="1943">1943</option><option value="1942">1942</option><option value="1941">1941</option><option value="1940">1940</option><option value="1939">1939</option><option value="1938">1938</option><option value="1937">1937</option><option value="1936">1936</option><option value="1935">1935</option><option value="1934">1934</option><option value="1933">1933</option><option value="1932">1932</option><option value="1931">1931</option><option value="1930">1930</option><option value="1929">1929</option><option value="1928">1928</option><option value="1927">1927</option><option value="1926">1926</option><option value="1925">1925</option><option value="1924">1924</option><option value="1923">1923</option><option value="1922">1922</option><option value="1921">1921</option><option value="1920">1920</option><option value="1919">1919</option><option value="1918">1918</option><option value="1917">1917</option><option value="1916">1916</option><option value="1915">1915</option><option value="1914">1914</option><option value="1913">1913</option><option value="1912">1912</option><option value="1911">1911</option><option value="1910">1910</option><option value="1909">1909</option><option value="1908">1908</option><option value="1907">1907</option><option value="1906">1906</option><option value="1905">1905</option><option value="1904">1904</option><option value="1903">1903</option><option value="1902">1902</option><option value="1901">1901</option><option value="1900">1900</option><option value="1899">1899</option><option value="1898">1898</option><option value="1897">1897</option><option value="1896">1896</option></select></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="register_td_left2"><span class="">Security Code:</span></td> <td valign="middle" style="padding-left:2px"><input id="security_code" name="security_code" type="text" maxlength="6" size="7"></td> <td align="left" valign="middle"><img src="/includes/security_captcha/CaptchaSecurityImages.php?pcode=752017" alt="Your Security Code"></td> </tr> <!-- <tr> <td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"> <input id="agreement" type="checkbox" name="agreement" checked="unchecked" value="agree"> <label for="agreement"> - <span class="">I agree to the </span></label><a href="/terms_of_use.php" target="_blank">terms of use</a>. </td> </tr> --> <tr><td class="register_td_left"></td><td class="extra_data2" colspan="2"><input type="submit" class="pbutton" name="register" value="Register"></td></tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> <?php include('include/footer.php') ?> Now I set up the conditional for the very first check to see if this is outputting my data : if (empty($_POST) === false) { echo 'Form submitted!'; } now when i click SUBMIT nothing shows up on the page above the block , i am sure there is better logic to create the conditional , but for some reason while watching the tutorial it works perfectly for the instructor. suggestions as to why my POST is not actually POSTING ? and i am getting no output ? when the conditional is set to TRUE , before i submit it outputs to the screen. thanks guys !

yes you see lots or errors since i am posting snippets of code. not every file thats connected. i am using the $password and $username with POST in my login.php that is the action from my index.php and login.widget <?include('include/init.php'); if (empty($_POST) === false) { $username = $_POST['loginname']; $password = $_POST['loginpass']; if (empty($username) === true || empty($password) === true) { $errors[] = 'You need to enter a valid Username & Password'; } else if (user_exists($username) === false ) { $errors[] = ' Sorry we could not find this user info in our userbase.'; } else if (user_active($username) === false ) { $errors[] = 'This account still needs to be activated'; } else { $login = login($username, $password); if ($login === false) { $errors[] = ' The Username / Password combination you entered is incorrect.'; } else { echo 'Login Ok!!'; // set user session // redirect to homepage } } print_r($errors); } i also have functions i posted in my OP. anyway, i solved the issue of my problem by removing the md5 function from my password... $password = md5($password); i know this is bad for sql injection but i cant seem to figure a way around this problem. i even tried : $password = md5($_POST[$password]); && $password = md5($_POST['passlogin']); each to no avail.

EDIT: The problem is actually is not solved, in fact it just to a turn for even more confusion. so as i stated i changed : } else { $login = login($username, $password); if ($login === false) { $errors[] = ' The Username / Password combination you entered is incorrect.'; } else { echo 'Login Ok!!'; TO: } else { if ( login($username, $password) === false) { $errors[] = ' The Username / Password combination you entered is incorrect.'; } else { echo 'Login Ok!!'; Now this worked when i typed in the password and the username in. except now one big problem: the password is the password i changed the original md5 to which was a the random string generated password. then when i entered the generated password i got the same error " combination of username and pass dont match" yet the ONLY password user match that seems to work is the password i edited the sql field to. i just dont see how that password is being matched. the password in the field i have is set to the md5 password. i also created 2 new fake users to validate if their username passwords match. i get the same error as that they do not match. i thought the issue was that it was only grabbing the first user_id from the field due to my conditional of return(mysql_result($results, 0) == 1) ? $user_id : false; but that does not seem to do the trick . i am utterly confused at this point as to why this is happening. all suggestions are welcome.

yes i see my error was in the login variable when i changed $login = login(); to just input the login() directly , the issue went away, not sure as to why my variable was not declaring the function.

Hey PaulRyan, Thanks for the more detailed feedback, that was very helpful , very much appreciated. i agree i need to start laying a better foundation for debugging and back tracking , not only for the code to work cleaner for me but for anyone else who might work on my webpage. i think i might of figured out the problem. My queries all work and my rows are all being returned function login($username, $password){ $user_id = user_id_from_username($username); $username = sanitize($username); $password = md5($password); $query = (" SELECT COUNT(`user_id`) FROM `users` WHERE `username` = '$username' AND `password`= '$password' "); $results = mysql_query($query); if(mysql_error()) { echo 'MySQL Error: '. mysql_error() .'<br>'; echo 'Query: '.$query; } else if(!mysql_num_rows($results)) { echo ' rows has not been returned' ; } else { echo $password; } return(mysql_result($results, 0) == 1) ? $user_id : false; } Now what i noticed when i echo out the password, that the password is always being generated to a random md5 password. this password is always changing per each submit to login. this password a "7a70b6c66d24896970042e2a836967ff" character type password. at first, this was the password my database was generating auto for each username, i changed the password manually in mysql edit, then printed the password variable to the screen to see i was still getting "7a70b6c66d24896970042e2a836967ff' on screen. I figured oh!, i need to change the password back and it will validate a matching password to the database. Well unfortunately that did not do the trick , since as i previously stated the password is being auto generated new every time i submit. is this due to my settings of md5 ? or my code not reading this setting correctly ? or is this not even the issue ? any suggestions guys ? thanks again.