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so you mean if username and pword dont match should be first conditional ?
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ah right ok so i need to display msg stating invalid login and link back to my index page thanks i think thats right anyway, the login.php and index.html were orignally one file called index.php I just tried to separate them to try to link to external php file from my html file
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hello I am new to php and know a little HTML & CSS I have copied some code from a tutorial just to test a home server I have setup. the code was working and some of it still does but a part of it doesnt work and leaves me with a blank screen. the part that doesnt seem to work is the else part of the statement. the code is for a very basic login page. here is the HTML for my index page <!DOCTYPE html> <head> <title>Login Page</title> </head> <body> <!-- Output error message if any --> <?php echo $error; ?> <!-- form for login --> <form method="post" action="/php/login.php"> <label for="username">Username:</label><br/> <input type="text" name="username" id="username"><br/> <label for="password">Password:</label><br/> <input type="password" name="password" id="password"><br/> <input type="submit" value="Log In!"> </form> </body> </html> and the code for my php login page <?php // Start the session session_start(); // Defines username and password. Retrieve however you like, $username = "user"; $password = "password"; // Error message $error = ""; // Checks to see if the user is already logged in. If so, refirect to correct page. if (isset($_SESSION['loggedIn']) && $_SESSION['loggedIn'] == true) { $error = "success"; header('Location: success.php'); } // Checks to see if the username and password have been entered. // If so and are equal to the username and password defined above, log them in. if (isset($_POST['username']) && isset($_POST['password'])) { if ($_POST['username'] == $username && $_POST['password'] == $password) { $_SESSION['loggedIn'] = true; header('Location: success.php'); } else { $_SESSION['loggedIn'] = false; $error = "Invalid username and password!"; } } ?> the login page works when I type the correct user name and password and takes me to the success page/php file which is <?php // Start the session ob_start(); session_start(); // Check to see if actually logged in. If not, redirect to login page if (!isset($_SESSION['loggedIn']) || $_SESSION['loggedIn'] == false) { header("Location: index.html"); } ?> <h1>Logged In!</h1> <form method="post" action="logout.php"> <input type="submit" value="Logout"> </form> but if i enter and incorrect username/password it redirects me to the login.php file but its blank. it did work at first but now nothing. as i said i am very new to php so any help would be very much appreciated thanks matthew