Profile tutorial

[OriginalBoy]

Hey,

 

Could anyone point me to a good tutorial to make a profile system. I have basic knowlege of PHP and have already made a user system.

 

Thanks,

Steve

[Skittalz]

What type of profile system?

[OriginalBoy]

Just a simple one page one.

[Skittalz]

Do you mean a profile system that displays all the information recorded in the database for a user?

[OriginalBoy]

No I just need it so I can add a shoutbox or a comment system so I can then ask questions if I have a problem desiging there website and also a little place where I can update progress.

 

 

[OriginalBoy]

Does anyone have any good links?

[947740]

http://www.trap17.com/index.php/help-creating-profile-website_t57082.html

[OriginalBoy]

^^^^^^^ did not really explain how to do it  :-\

[947740]

I do admit, it does not come right out and tell you how to do it.  I thought there was some information that might help you.

[OriginalBoy]

Ok then. Surely there must be a tutorial on the whole of the web that will show me how to make a profile system with my user system?

[947740]

Some clarification...you have a user system where they can login?  So they have usernames and passwords, and you just want them to be able to add user information?  That is not too difficult...if I get a chance I will post some example code.  If that is not exactly what you are trying to do, just let me know.

[947740]

<?php

// Assuming user has been logged in, and the username has been passed to the URL
// E.G. www.somewhere.com/user.php?user=johndoe
// The login file needs to redirect to that (^) page
/*
Assuming you have a database named "user_info" with these columnames, in this order:
ID (serial)
username
password
email
name
personal description

*Note: this is just an example of columns you could have.
*/

if(isset($_GET['user'])) {
// Connect to the database
$user = $_GET['user'];
$query = "SELECT * from user_info where username = \"$user\"";
$user_info = mysqli_query($connection,$query);
while($row = mysqli_fetch_row($user_info)) {
$email = $row[3];
$name = $row[4];
$pers_descr = $row[5];
echo "<h3>$user</h3>\n<p>Email: $email</p>\n<p>$name: $name</p>\n<p>Personal Description:</p>\n";

}
// *Note: this will perform the query, no mattter if they are logged in or not
}

else { 
// User needs add a username to the URL
header("Location: index.php");
}

?>

 

*Note: this was not tested