Redirect Login

[timmah1]

I'm trying to make sure a person is logged in before accessing a certain form,

 

But even if I'm logged in, it redirects me to the login page

//check to make sure the user is logged in
if(isset($_SESSION['USERNAME']) == FALSE) {
	header("Location: " . $config_basedir . "/login.php");
	}
require("header.php");

//This is where the form will show if user is logged in

Am I doing this right?

 

Thanks in advance

[unidox]

Do you have session_start() at the top of each page?

[timmah1]

yes I do

[.josh]

I'd also like to point out that

 

if (isset($_SESSION['USERNAME']) == FALSE) {

 

is overkill.

 

if ($_SESSION['USERNAME']) {

 

will do.

 

As far as your problem goes...do you have session_start() on top of ALL your pages, including the one tha tset the session var in the first place?  If so, are you sure you spelled it right? If so...then how do you know you're logged in? Because if all that other stuff checks out, then there's no reason this piece of code shouldn't work, unless that require("header.php"); is somehow redirecting you or something.

[metrostars]

Try doing

 

echo $_SESSION['USERNAME']

 

to check that the session is deffo set.

[timmah1]

ok

 

I have this at the top of my page

session_start();

require("config.php");
echo $_SESSION['SESS_USERNAME'];

//check to make sure the user is logged in
if ($_SESSION['SESS_USERNAME']) {
	header("Location: " . $config_basedir . "/login.php");
}

 

When I log in, it shows the username

 

The problem now, it lets me view the form even when I'm not logged in

[timmah1]

I got it to work, but I had to do this

 

if(isset($_SESSION['SESS_LOGGEDIN']) == FALSE){
	header("Location: " . $config_basedir . "/login.php");
}

 

And it works fine now.

 

Thanks for all your help